Method and Apparatus for Distributed Processing of UX Element

ABSTRACT

This application provides a method and apparatus for distributed processing of a UX element, and pertains to the field of terminal artificial intelligence. The method includes: obtaining UX capability information of at least two terminal devices, where the UX capability information is used to indicate a UX capability corresponding to each of interaction manners supported by the terminal device; receiving a target task request, where the target task includes UX requirement information of at least two UX elements; determining, based on the UX capability information of the at least two terminal devices and the UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements, a UX element that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices; and providing, for each of the at least two terminal devices, the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2o21/079054, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 202010245395.7, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.Both of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated byreference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application pertains to the field of terminal devices, and inparticular, to a method and apparatus for distributed processing of a UXelement.

BACKGROUND

With development of communication and computer application technologies,forms of terminal devices become diversified. When terminal devices indifferent forms exchange information with a user in a same interactionmanner, different user experiences may be brought to the user. Forexample, both a smart TV and a smartphone may display images to theuser, that is, both the smart TV and the smartphone support aninteraction manner of “image display”. When a same image is displayed bythe smart TV and the smartphone, visual quality of the image displayedon the smart TV is better than that of the image displayed on thesmartphone, and therefore the smart TV can bring a better userexperience to the user.

A task object of a task executed by the terminal device may include oneor more user experience (user experience, UX) elements, and one UXelement may need support from one or more interaction manners supportedby the terminal device to achieve a service objective. When the terminalperforms service processing on each UX element, a user experience may beaffected by various interaction manners supported by the terminaldevice. For example, a task executed by the smart TV is playing a movie,and a source file of the movie is a task object. At least a “video file”used to support the terminal device in displaying image information ofthe movie and an “audio file” used to support the terminal device inproviding sound information of the movie may be obtained by parsing thesource file, where both the “video file” and the “audio file” are UXelements of the task. Correspondingly, the “video file” needs supportfrom the interaction manner of “image display” provided by the smart TVto achieve a service objective of the “video file”, and the “audio file”needs support from an interaction manner of “audio playing” provided bythe smart TV to achieve a service objective of the “audio file”. Boththe interaction manners “image display” and “audio playing” provided bythe smart TV may affect a user experience brought by the smart TVplaying the movie.

A new technical solution is needed to better process a UX element,thereby further improving a user experience.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of this application provide a method and apparatus fordistributed processing of a UX element, to improve a user experience.

According to a first aspect, a method for distributed processing of a UXelement is provided. The method may be performed by a communicationapparatus. The communication apparatus may be a terminal device, or maybe a module, a chip, or a system on chip deployed in a terminal device.In this method, the communication apparatus may obtain UX capabilityinformation of at least two terminal devices, where the UX capabilityinformation of the terminal device is used to indicate a UX capabilitycorresponding to each of at least one interaction manner supported bythe terminal device. In addition, the communication apparatus mayfurther receive a target task request, where the target task request isused to request processing on at least two UX elements, the target taskrequest includes UX requirement information of each of the at least twoUX elements, and the UX requirement information of the UX element isused to indicate a UX capability requirement corresponding to each of atleast one interaction manner that supports the UX element in achieving aservice objective. Then the communication apparatus may determine, basedon the UX capability information of the at least two terminal devicesand the UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements, a UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices, where the UX element that needs to be processed by the terminaldevice is a UX element in the at least two UX elements. Then thecommunication apparatus can provide, for each of the at least twoterminal devices, the UX element that needs to be processed by each ofthe at least two terminal devices. In this way, distributed processingperformed by a plurality of terminal devices on a plurality of UXelements can be determined intelligently and achieved, thereby improvinga user experience.

In a possible implementation, the target task request may include userpermission of the at least two UX elements, where the user permission ofthe UX element is used to indicate whether at least one user haspermission to interact with the UX element. The communication apparatusmay further obtain user information of the at least two terminaldevices, where the user information of the terminal device is used toindicate whether at least one user has permission to access the terminaldevice. Correspondingly, the communication apparatus may determine,based on the UX capability information and the user information of theat least two terminal devices and the UX capability requirement and theuser permission of the at least two UX elements, the UX element thatneeds to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices. Inthis way, on one hand, it is ensured that the UX element can be providedto a user who has permission to interact with the UX element, so thatthe UX element can achieve a service objective, and on the other hand,it is avoided that the UX element is provided to a user who does nothave the permission to interact with the UX element. As a result, a riskof sensitive data leakage is reduced.

In a possible implementation, for any target user having the permissionto access the terminal device, the target user has permission tointeract with a UX element that needs to be processed by the terminaldevice. In other words, for any terminal device, if a user who haspermission to access the terminal device does not have permission tointeract with a specific UX element, the UX element is not provided forthe terminal device. As a result, the risk of sensitive data leakage isreduced.

In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus may furtherobtain UX preference information of the at least two terminal devices,where the UX preference information of the terminal device is used toindicate a UX preference corresponding to each of at least one UXcategory, any UX element belongs to one of the at least one UX category,and the UX preference corresponding to the UX category is used toindicate an expectation degree of a user for using the terminal deviceto process a UX element belonging to the UX category. Correspondingly,the communication apparatus may determine, based on the UX capabilityinformation and the UX preference information of the at least twoterminal devices and the UX requirement information of the at least twoUX elements, the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices. This is helpful to determine, with referenceto a preference of the user for an UX element, whether to provide the UXelement for a corresponding terminal device. As a result, a userexperience is further improved.

In a possible implementation, the at least two terminal devices includea first terminal device and at least one second terminal device, the atleast one second terminal device and the first terminal device establisha communication connection, and the first terminal device includes thecommunication apparatus. Correspondingly, the communication apparatusmay receive UX preference information of the at least one secondterminal device from the at least one second terminal device. Thecommunication apparatus may further display a UX preference managementinterface, where the UX preference management interface includes: acategory identifier of the at least one UX category and at least onepattern combination that is in a one-to-one correspondence with theidentifier of the at least one UX category; and determine UX preferenceinformation of the first terminal device based on a service operationperformed by the user on the at least one pattern combination. In thisway, it is convenient for the user to dynamically adjust, based on anactual situation of the user, UX preferences of the terminal device forUX elements belonging to UX categories. This further improves a userexperience.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes screenrequirement information of the at least two UX elements, where thescreen requirement information of the UX element is used to indicate amaximum height, a minimum height, a maximum width, and a minimum widththat a user interface (user interface, UI) element of the UX element haswhen the UI element is displayed on a display screen of a terminaldevice. The communication apparatus is further configured to obtainscreen information of the at least two terminal devices, where thescreen information of the terminal device is used to indicate a heightand a width of a display screen of the terminal device. Correspondingly,the communication apparatus may determine, based on the UX capabilityinformation and the screen information of the at least two terminaldevices and the UX requirement information and the screen requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements, the UX element that needsto be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices. Thisensures that when the UI element of the UX element is displayed on thedisplay screen of the terminal device, a display effect of the UIelement is good.

In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus may furtherdetermine screen usage information of the at least two UX elements basedon the UX capability information of the at least two terminal devicesand the UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements,where the screen usage information of the UX element is used to indicatea height and a width that the UI element of the UX element has when theUI element is displayed on a display screen of a terminal device used toprocess the UX element. Correspondingly, the communication apparatus canfurther provide, for each of the at least two terminal devices, screenusage information of the UX element that needs to be processed by eachof the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, before the communication apparatusprovides, for each of the at least two terminal devices, the UX elementthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices,the communication apparatus may further display an allocation policyconfirmation interface, so that a user performs confirmation, where theallocation policy confirmation interface is used to indicate the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices. In this way, an allocation policy for the plurality of UXelements may be intuitively displayed to the user, and the UX elementthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devicesis provided for each of the at least two terminal devices only when theuser confirms that the plurality of UX elements are allocated andprocessed according to the allocation policy. This further improves auser experience.

According to a second aspect, a communication apparatus is provided. Forbeneficial effects, refer to the descriptions in the first aspect. Thecommunication apparatus may be a terminal device, or may be a module, achip, or a system on chip deployed in the terminal device. Thecommunication apparatus may include a processing unit that is configuredto obtain UX capability information of at least two terminal devices,where the UX capability information of the terminal device is used toindicate a UX capability corresponding to each of at least oneinteraction manner supported by the terminal device. The processing unitis further configured to receive a target task request, where the targettask request is used to request processing on at least two UX elements,the target task request includes UX requirement information of the atleast two UX elements, and the UX requirement information of the UXelement is used to indicate a UX capability requirement corresponding toeach of at least one interaction manner that supports the UX element inachieving a service objective. The processor is further configured todetermine, based on the UX capability information of the at least twoterminal devices and the UX requirement information of the at least twoUX elements, a UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices, where the UX element that needs to beprocessed by the terminal device is a UX element in the at least two UXelements. The communication apparatus may include a transceiver unitconfigured to provide, for each of the at least two terminal devices,the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the at least twoterminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes userpermission of the at least two UX elements, where the user permission ofthe UX element is used to indicate whether at least one user haspermission to interact with the UX element. The processing unit isfurther configured to obtain user information of the at least twoterminal devices, where the user information of the terminal device isused to indicate whether at least one user has permission to access theterminal device. The processing unit is specifically configured todetermine, based on the UX capability information and the userinformation of the at least two terminal devices and the UX capabilityrequirement and the user permission of the at least two UX elements, theUX element that needs to be processed by each of the at least twoterminal devices.

In a possible implementation, for any target user having the permissionto access the terminal device, the target user has permission tointeract with a UX element that needs to be processed by the terminaldevice.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit is further configuredto obtain UX preference information of the at least two terminaldevices, where the UX preference information of the terminal device isused to indicate a UX preference corresponding to each of at least oneUX category, any UX element belongs to one of the at least one UXcategory, and the UX preference corresponding to the UX category is usedto indicate an expectation degree of a user for using the terminaldevice to process a UX element belonging to the UX category. Theprocessing unit is specifically configured to determine, based on the UXcapability information and UX preference information of the at least twoterminal devices and the UX requirement information of the at least twoUX elements, the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the at least two terminal devices includea first terminal device and at least one second terminal device, the atleast one second terminal device and the first terminal device establisha communication connection, and the first terminal device includes thecommunication apparatus. The communication apparatus further includes: adisplay unit, configured to display a UX preference managementinterface, where the UX preference management interface includes acategory identifier of at least one UX category and at least one patterncombination that is in a one-to-one correspondence with the identifierof the at least one UX category. The processing unit is specificallyconfigured to determine UX preference information of the first terminaldevice based on a service operation performed by the user on the atleast one pattern combination. The transceiver unit is furtherconfigured to receive UX preference information of the at least onesecond terminal device from the at least one second terminal device.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes screenrequirement information of the at least two UX elements, where thescreen requirement information of the UX element is used to indicate amaximum height, a minimum height, a maximum width, and a minimum widththat a user interface UI element of the UX element has when the UIelement is displayed on a display screen of a terminal device. Theprocessing unit is further configured to obtain screen information ofthe at least two terminal devices, where the screen information of theterminal device is used to indicate a height and a width of the displayscreen of the terminal device. The processing unit is specificallyconfigured to determine, based on the UX capability information and thescreen information of the at least two terminal devices and the UXrequirement information and the screen requirement information of the atleast two UX elements, the UX element that needs to be processed by eachof the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit is further configuredto determine screen usage information of the at least two UX elementsbased on the UX capability information of the at least two terminaldevices and the UX requirement information of the at least two UXelements, where the screen usage information of the UX element is usedto indicate a height and a width that the UI element of the UX elementhas when the UI element of the UX element is displayed on a displayscreen of a terminal device used to process the UX element. Thetransceiver unit is further configured to provide, for each of the atleast two terminal devices, screen usage information of the UX elementthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus furtherincludes a display unit, configured to display an allocation policyconfirmation interface, so that the user performs confirmation, wherethe allocation policy confirmation interface is used to indicate the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices. According to a third aspect, a communication apparatus isprovided. For beneficial effects, refer to the descriptions in the firstaspect. The communication apparatus may be a terminal device. Thecommunication apparatus includes a processor that is configured toobtain UX capability information of at least two terminal devices, wherethe UX capability information of the terminal device is used to indicatea UX capability corresponding to each of at least one interaction mannersupported by the terminal device. The processor is further configured toreceive a target task request, where the target task request is used torequest processing on at least two UX elements, the target task requestincludes UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements, andthe UX requirement information of the UX element is used to indicate aUX capability requirement corresponding to each of at least oneinteraction manner that supports the UX element in achieving a serviceobjective. The processor is further configured to determine, based onthe UX capability information of the at least two terminal devices andthe UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements, a UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices, where the UX element that needs to be processed by the terminaldevice is a UX element in the at least two UX elements. Thecommunication apparatus may include a transceiver configured to provide,for each of the at least two terminal devices, the UX element that needsto be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes userpermission of the at least two UX elements, where the user permission ofthe UX element is used to indicate whether at least one user haspermission to interact with the UX element. The processor is furtherconfigured to obtain user information of the at least two terminaldevices, where the user information of the terminal device is used toindicate whether at least one user has permission to access the terminaldevice. The processor is specifically configured to determine, based onthe UX capability information and the user information of the at leasttwo terminal devices and the UX capability requirement and the userpermission of the at least two UX elements, the UX element that needs tobe processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, for any target user having the permissionto access the terminal device, the target user has permission tointeract with a UX element that needs to be processed by the terminaldevice.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured toobtain UX preference information of the at least two terminal devices,where the UX preference information of the terminal device is used toindicate a UX preference corresponding to each of at least one UXcategory, any UX element belongs to one of the at least one UX category,and the UX preference corresponding to the UX category is used toindicate an expectation degree of a user for using the terminal deviceto process a UX element belonging to the UX category. The processor isspecifically configured to determine, based on the UX capabilityinformation and UX preference information of the at least two terminaldevices and the UX requirement information of the at least two UXelements, the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the at least two terminal devices includea first terminal device and at least one second terminal device, the atleast one second terminal device and the first terminal device establisha communication connection, and the first terminal device includes thecommunication apparatus. The communication apparatus further includes: adisplay, configured to display a UX preference management interface,where the UX preference management interface includes a categoryidentifier of at least one UX category and at least one patterncombination that is in a one-to-one correspondence with the identifierof the at least one UX category. The processor is specificallyconfigured to determine UX preference information of the first terminaldevice based on a service operation performed by the user on the atleast one pattern combination. The transceiver is further configured toreceive UX preference information of the at least one second terminaldevice from the at least one second terminal device.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes screenrequirement information of the at least two UX elements, where thescreen requirement information of the UX element is used to indicate amaximum height, a minimum height, a maximum width, and a minimum widththat a user interface UI element of the UX element has when the UIelement is displayed on a display screen of a terminal device. Theprocessor is further configured to obtain screen information of the atleast two terminal devices, where the screen information of the terminaldevice is used to indicate a height and a width of a display screen ofthe terminal device. The processor is specifically configured todetermine, based on the UX capability information and the screeninformation of the at least two terminal devices and the UX requirementinformation and the screen requirement information of the at least twoUX elements, the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured todetermine screen usage information of the at least two UX elements basedon the UX capability information of the at least two terminal devicesand the UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements,where the screen usage information of the UX element is used to indicatea height and a width that the UI element of the UX element has when theUI element of the UX element is displayed on a display screen of aterminal device used to process the UX element. The transceiver isfurther configured to provide, for each of the at least two terminaldevices, screen usage information of the UX element that needs to beprocessed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus furtherincludes a display, configured to display an allocation policyconfirmation interface, so that the user performs confirmation, wherethe allocation policy confirmation interface is used to indicate the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices.

According to a fourth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium isprovided. The computer-readable storage medium is configured to storeexecutable code/an executable instruction, where when the executablecode/instruction is executed by a processor of a terminal device, theterminal device is enabled to implement the method according to anyimplementation of the first aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, a computer program product is provided. Thecomputer program product includes computer program code, and when thecomputer program code is run on a computer, the computer is enabled toperform the method according to any implementation of the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, a terminal device is provided. The terminaldevice includes a memory and a processor, where the memory storesexecutable code/an executable instruction, and when executing theexecutable code/instruction, the processor implements the methodaccording to any implementation of the first aspect.

According to a seventh aspect, a chip system is provided. The chipsystem includes a processor, configured to invoke a computer programfrom a memory and run the computer program, so that a terminal deviceinstalled with the chip system implements the method according to anyimplementation of the first aspect.

In a possible design, the chip system may include a chip, or may includea chip and another discrete device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The following briefly describes accompanying drawings used to describeembodiments or the conventional technology.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an example terminaldevice according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a software system applicable to atechnical solution provided in an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a service scenario applicable to atechnical solution provided in an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for distributed processingof a UX element according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5A is a first schematic diagram of an example UX preferencemanagement interface according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5B is a second schematic diagram of an example UX preferencemanagement interface according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an example allocation policyconfirmation interface according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 7A is an example graphical user interface displayed when a terminaldevice executes a target task;

FIG. 7B-1 to FIG. 7B-3 are a first schematic diagram of performingdistributed processing on a plurality of UX elements by a plurality ofterminal devices;

FIG. 7C-1 to FIG. 7C-4 are a second schematic diagram of performingdistributed processing on a plurality of UX elements by a plurality ofterminal devices;

FIG. 7D-1 to FIG. 7D-4 are a third schematic diagram of performingdistributed processing on a plurality of UX elements by a plurality ofterminal devices;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communicationapparatus according to an embodiment of this application; and

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a structure of another communicationapparatus according to an embodiment of this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

In embodiments of this application, a terminal device includes but isnot limited to a smartphone, a tablet computer, and a personal computer,and may further include a smart sound box, a smart TV, a smart watch,smart glasses, and the like. Terminal devices of differentforms/types/models may have different hardware structures.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an example terminaldevice according to an embodiment of this application. As shown in FIG.1 , the terminal device 100 may include at least a processor no, aninternal memory 120, and a communication module 130. The terminal device100 may further include one or more of a display screen 140, an audiomodule 15o, a speaker 150A, a receiver 150B, a microphone 15oC, a sensormodule 16o, a button 170, and a camera 180. The sensor module 160 mayinclude but is not limited to a touch sensor 160A.

The internal memory 120 may store a software system of the terminaldevice 100 and an application deployed in the software system, and mayfurther store various types of data created when the terminal device 100is being used. In addition, the internal memory 120 may include ahigh-speed random access memory and a non-volatile memory, for example,a magnetic disk storage device, a flash storage device, and a universalflash storage (universal flash storage, UFS).

The processor no runs executable program code/an executable instructionstored in the internal memory 120, to implement various functions anddata processing of the terminal device 100, for example, to implement amethod provided in any embodiment of this application, where the methodis performed by a terminal device.

As described above, terminal devices of different forms/types/models mayhave different hardware structures. Correspondingly, depending on ahardware structure of the terminal device, the terminal device maysupport one or more interaction manners, so that a user exchangesinformation with the terminal device in various interaction mannerssupported by the terminal device. For example, interaction mannerssupported by a smart watch may include image display, audio playing,touch control, and sound input; interaction manners supported by asmartphone include image display, audio playing, text input, touchcontrol, and sound input; interaction manners supported by a tabletcomputer may include image display, audio playing, text input, touchcontrol, and sound input; interaction manners supported by a smart TVmay include image display, audio playing, text input, and sound input;interaction manners supported by a personal computer may include imagedisplay, audio playing, text input, touch control, and sound input; andinteraction manners supported by a smart sound box may include audioplaying and sound input.

The terminal device supporting the interaction manner of “image display”means that the terminal device may display an image by using a “displayscreen” configured for the terminal device, to provide correspondingtext and/or image information for the user.

The terminal device supporting the interaction manner of “audio playing”means that the terminal device may play audio by using an “audio module”configured for the terminal device, to provide corresponding soundinformation for the user.

The terminal device supporting the interaction manner of “text input”means that the terminal device may receive text data input by the userby using a “button” or another input device configured for the terminaldevice.

The terminal device supporting the interaction manner of “touch control”means that the terminal device may sense, by using a “touch sensor” oranother sensor device configured for the terminal device, an operation(for example, a touch operation) performed by the user on a UI element.

The terminal device supporting the interaction manner of “sound input”means that the terminal device may receive, by using an “audio module”configured for the terminal device, a sound signal sent by the user.

In embodiments of this application, for a task that is being executed oris to be executed by the terminal device, if information exchange withthe user needs to be implemented in the task, a task object of the taskusually includes at least one UX element. Executing the task by theterminal device is essentially performing service processing on the atleast one UX element included in the task object of the task. One UXelement may include one or more executable files. When acomputer/terminal device executes the executable file included in the UXelement, that is, when the computer/terminal device performs serviceprocessing on the UX element, the computer/terminal device may providecorresponding information for the user and/or receive informationprovided by the user, where the information providing and informationreception are performed in one or more interaction manners supported bythe computer/terminal device.

It may be understood that if the terminal device supports at least twointeraction manners, for any two interaction manners supported by theterminal device, when the terminal device performs service processing onone UX element, the any two interaction manners may bring different userexperiences to the user. For any two different terminal devices, whenthe any two terminal devices respectively perform service processing ona same UX element, a same interaction manner supported by the any twodifferent terminal devices may bring different user experiences to theuser.

In embodiments of this application, a user experience brought to theuser by each of at least one interaction manner supported by theterminal device may be quantized. In other words, a UX capabilitycorresponding to each of the at least one interaction manner supportedby the terminal device may be quantized. This helps indicate adifference between user experiences brought by any two interactionmanners supported by a terminal device when the terminal device performsservice processing on one UX element, and helps indicate a differencebetween user experiences brought by same interaction manners supportedby different terminal devices when different terminal devicesrespectively perform service processing on a same UX element.

In a specific example, when the terminal device performs serviceprocessing on the UX element, an interaction manner supported by theterminal device that brings a better user experience to the user may beconfigured with a UX capability parameter having a larger value. On thecontrary, an interaction manner supported by the terminal device thatbrings a poorer user experience to the user may be configured with a UXcapability parameter having a smaller value.

For example, refer to UX capability parameter configuration shown in thefollowing Table 1.

TABLE 1 Smart Smart Smart- Tablet Smart Personal sound watch phonecomputer TV computer box Image display 2 3 4 5 4 0 Audio playing 2 3 3 42 5 Text input 0 3 2 1 5 0 Touch control 1 5 4 0 2 0 Sound input 3 4 2 22 5

As shown in Table 1, for any terminal device in terminal devices such asthe smart watch, the smartphone, the tablet computer, the smart TV, apersonal computer, and the smart sound box, a user experience brought byany of interaction manners such as “image display”, “audio playing”,“text input”, “touch control”, and “sound input” supported by the anyterminal device may be quantized by using one of UX capabilityparameters such as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 when the terminal device performsservice processing on the UX element. For any interaction manner that isnot supported by a terminal device, a UX capability parametercorresponding to the interaction manner may be configured as 0 on theterminal device.

It may be understood that Table 1 is merely used to for describing thetechnical solutions provided in embodiments of this application. In anactual application scenario, a terminal device in another form, forexample, smart glasses, may be further included. The terminal device mayfurther support another interaction manner, for example, support aninteraction manner of “image collection”. The terminal device supportingthe interaction manner of “image collection” means that the terminaldevice may collect image information by using a “camera” configured forthe terminal device. Another UX capability parameter may be furtherconfigured for the at least one interaction manner supported by theterminal device. For example, for the interaction manner “image display”supported by the smart watch, a corresponding UX capability parametermay be configured as 1. In conclusion, a UX capability parametercorresponding to any interaction manner supported by the terminal devicemay be configured based on an actual service scenario and a customizedrequirement of the user.

In embodiments of this application, the UX capability parametercorresponding to the at least one interaction manner supported by theterminal device are also referred to as UX capability information of theterminal device. In a specific example, the UX capability parametercorresponding to the at least one interaction manner supported by theterminal device may be used to form an eigenvector indicating UXcapability information of the terminal device.

For example, UX capability information of the smart watch in Table 1 maybe indicated by a feature vector [2, 2, 0, 1, 3]. UX capabilityinformation of the smartphone in Table 1 may be indicated by a featurevector [3, 3, 3, 5, 4]. UX capability information of the tablet computerin Table 1 may be indicated by an eigenvector [4, 3, 2, 4, 2]. UXcapability information of the smart TV in Table 1 may be indicated by afeature vector [5, 4, 1, 0, 2]. UX capability information of thepersonal computer in Table 1 may be indicated by a feature vector [4, 2,5, 2, 2]. UX capability information of the smart sound box in Table 1may be indicated by a feature vector [0, 5, 0, 0, 5].

In a possible implementation, the UX capability parameter 0 or the UXcapability parameter 1 may be further used to quantize a user experiencebrought to the user by any interaction manner supported by the terminaldevice. For example, interaction manners supported by the smart watchinclude image display, audio playing, touch control, and sound input.For the interaction manners such as image display, audio playing, touchcontrol, and sound input that are supported by the smart watch, a UXcapability parameter corresponding to the interaction manners may beconfigured as 1. For other interaction manners (for example, text input)that are not supported by the smart watch, a UX capability parametercorresponding to the interaction manners may be configured as 0.Correspondingly, UX capability information of the smart watch may beindicated by a feature vector [1, 1, 0, 1, 1].

In this embodiment of this application, a UX capability requirement of aUX element may be quantized. The UX capability requirement of the UXelement is at least one interaction manner that should be provided bythe terminal device when the terminal device performs service processingon the UX element, and importance of the at least one interaction mannerto the UX element, in other words, a UX capability of the at least oneinteraction manner expected by the user. In this way, the UX capabilityrequirement of the UX element forms a basis for determining whether toprovide the UX element for a corresponding terminal device, so as toensure that when the terminal device performs service processing on theUX element, the UX element can achieve a service objective with supportof the terminal device.

In a possible implementation, if importance of an interaction manner toa UX element is high, a UX requirement parameter with a large value maybe configured for the interaction manner in UX requirement informationof the UX element; on the contrary, if importance of an interactionmanner to a UX element is low, a UX requirement parameter with a smallvalue may be configured for the interaction manner in UX requirementinformation of the UX element. If a UX element does not need supportfrom an interaction manner when achievement of a service objective ofthe UX element needs support from a terminal device, a UX requirementparameter corresponding to the interaction manner may be configured as 0in UX requirement information of the UX element, or the UX requirementparameter corresponding to the interaction manner is not configured inUX requirement information of the UX element.

For example, when playing a video by using a mobile phone, a user maycontrol playing of the video in a manner of touch control. The mobilephone needs to display a UI element of a playing control component on adisplay screen of the mobile phone, so that the user performs a touchoperation on the UI element of the playing control component, to controla process of video playing. In addition, the user may further controlplaying of the video in a manner of sound control. The playing controlcomponent may be configured to receive and respond to a sound signalprovided by the user, so as to implement control on the process of videoplaying. In other words, the UX element may be a “playing controlcomponent” of a video, and a service objective to be achieved by the“playing control component” includes: displaying a UI element of the“playing control component” to a user through a display screen of aterminal device, sensing a touch operation performed by the user on theUI element of the “playing control component”, and receiving andresponding to a sound signal provided by the user, where the soundsignal may be used to trigger the playing control component to controlplaying progress, volume, and the like of the video. In other words, thethree interaction manners of “image display”, “touch control”, and“sound input” are of high importance to the UX element. In the UXrequirement information of the UX element, UX requirement parameterswith large values may be respectively configured for the threeinteraction manners of “image display”, “touch control”, and “soundinput”.

In a specific example, UX elements may be further classified, and UXelements belonging to a same UX category may have a same UX requirementparameter. For example, refer to UX requirement parameter configurationshown in the following Table 2.

TABLE 2 Playing control Audio Lyrics component Video Image display 0 5 35 Audio playing 5 0 0 5 Text Input 0 0 0 2 Touch control 0 0 5 4 Soundinput 1 0 2 2

As shown in Table 2, for any of the UX categories such as “audio”,“lyrics”, “playing control component”, and “video”, one of UXrequirement parameters such as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 may be used toindicate importance of any of the interaction manners such as “imagedisplay”, “audio playing”, “text input”, “touch control”, and “soundinput” to an UX element in the UX category when the terminal deviceperforms service processing on the UX element in the UX category. If aUX element does not need support from an interaction manner whenachievement of a service objective of the UX element needs support froma terminal device, a UX requirement parameter corresponding to theinteraction manner may be configured as 0 in a UX category to which theUX element belongs. For example, for achievement of a service objectiveof a UX element in the UX category “audio”, support from the interactionmanner “image display” is not needed, and a UX requirement parametercorresponding to the interaction manner “image display” may beconfigured as 0 in the UX category “audio”, or the UX requirementparameter corresponding to the interaction manner “image display” is notconfigured in the UX category “audio”.

It may be understood that Table 2 is merely used to for describing thetechnical solutions provided in embodiments of this application. In anactual application scenario, the UX category may include but is notlimited to “audio”, “lyrics”, “playing control component”, and “video”shown in Table 2. For example, UX categories such as comment, text data,email, and navigation may further be included. A UX parameter of anothervalue may alternatively be configured for an interaction manner in a UXcategory. For example, in the UX category “playing control component”, aUX parameter corresponding to the interaction manner “image display” isconfigured as 2. In conclusion, how to determine UX categories andconfigure UX requirement parameters corresponding to various interactionmanners in the UX categories depends on specific service scenarios andcustomized requirements of users.

In a specific example, the UX requirement parameter configured for oneor more interaction manners in the UX category may be used to form afeature vector. The feature vector is used to indicate UX requirementinformation of a UX element in the UX category, that is, used toindicate a UX capability requirement of the UX element in the UXcategory.

For example, UX requirement information of a UX element in the UXcategory “audio” in Table 2 may be indicated by a feature vector [0, 5,0, 0, 1]. For UX requirement information of a UX element in the UXcategory “lyrics” in Table 2 may be indicated by a feature vector [5, 0,0, 0, 0]. For UX requirement information of a UX element in the UXcategory “playing control component” in Table 2 may be indicated by afeature vector [3, 0, 0, 5, 2]. For UX requirement information of a UXelement in the UX category “video” in Table 2 may be indicated by afeature vector [5, 5, 2, 4, 2].

In a possible implementation, importance of a UX element to anyinteraction manner may be quantized by using a UX requirement parameter0 or a UX requirement parameter 1. If a UX element does not need supportfrom an interaction manner when achievement of a service objective needssupport from a terminal device, a UX requirement parameter correspondingto the interaction manner may be configured as 0 in UX requirementinformation of the UX element; on the contrary, if a UX element needssupport from an interaction manner when achievement of a serviceobjective of the UX element needs support from a terminal device, an UXrequirement parameter corresponding to the interaction manner may beconfigured as 1 in UX requirement information of the UX element.

For example, for a UX element in the UX category “playing controlcomponent”, a service objective that can be achieved by the UX elementwith support from the terminal device includes: displaying the UIelement of the “playing control component” to the user through a displayscreen of the terminal device, sensing a touch operation performed bythe user on the UI element of the “playing control component”, andreceiving and responding to a sound signal provided by the user, wherethe sound signal is used to trigger the playing control component tocontrol playing progress, volume, and the like of a video. In the UXcategory “playing control component”, the UX requirement parameterscorresponding to the three interaction manners “image display”, “touchcontrol”, and “sound input” may be configured as 1, and the UXrequirement parameters corresponding to the interaction manners such as“audio play” and “text input” may be configured as 0. Correspondingly,UX requirement information of UX elements in the UX category “playingcontrol component” may be indicated by a feature vector [1, 0, 0, 1, 1].

In embodiments of this application, a preference degree of the terminaldevice for a UX element may also be quantized. The preference degree ofthe terminal device for the UX element refers to a degree of expectationof the user to process the UX element by using the terminal device.

In a specific example, if the terminal device has a high preferencedegree for a UX element in a UX category, a UX preference parameter witha large value may be used to indicate a UX preference of the terminaldevice for the UX element in the UX category. On the contrary, if theterminal device has a low preference degree for a UX element in a UXcategory, a UX preference parameter with a small value may be used toindicate a UX preference of the terminal device for the UX element inthe UX category.

For example, refer to UX preference parameter configuration shown in thefollowing Table 3.

TABLE 3 UX category UX preference parameter Audio N1 Lyrics N2 Playingcontrol component N3 Video N4

It may be understood that Table 3 is merely used to for describing thetechnical solutions provided in embodiments of this application. In anactual application scenario, the UX category may include but is notlimited to audio, lyrics, playing control component, and video shown inTable 3, for example, UX categories such as comment, text data, email,and navigation may be further included. Correspondingly, the UXpreference of the terminal device may further include UX preferenceparameters of the smart device for UX categories such as comment, textdata, email, and navigation. “N1”, “N2”, “N3”, and “N4” may be replacedwith actual values in an actual service scenario.

In a possible implementation, the UX preference information of theterminal device may be configured by the user.

In a possible implementation, the UX preference information of theterminal device may be determined according to one or more of acustomized rule input by the user, a user profiling model, and asuggested scenario.

For example, if it is specified by the customized rule input by the userthat a UX element needs to be allocated to a specific terminal device, aUX preference parameter with a large value may be configured for a UXpreference of the terminal device for a UX category to which the UXelement belongs.

For example, the user profiling model of the user may be determinedbased on behavior data of using a terminal device by the user within apreset time period. If the user profiling model indicates that the userfrequently uses the terminal device within the preset time period toperform service processing on a UX element in a UX category, a UXpreference parameter with a large value may be used to indicate a UXpreference of the terminal device for the UX element in the UX category.

For example, the suggested scenario determined based on real-timescenario data collected by the terminal device indicates that a “smartTV” is in a living room, the user carries a “smartphone”, and the useris in a bedroom that is far from the living room. In this case, for a UXelement in the UX category “video”, even if service processing on the UXelement is performed by the “smart TV”, the interaction manner “imagedisplay” supported by the “smart TV” does not bring a good userexperience to the user in the bedroom. Therefore, a UX preference of the“smart TV” for the UX category “video” may be configured as a UXpreference parameter with a small value.

In embodiments of this application, if achievement of a serviceobjective of a UX element needs support from a terminal device, supportfrom the interaction manner of “image display” is needed, that is, agraphical user interface needs to be displayed to the user through adisplay screen of the terminal device. To ensure that the graphical userinterface has a good display effect on the display screen of theterminal device, screen requirement information of the XU element may bepreconfigured. The screen requirement information is at least used toindicate a minimum height, a minimum width, a maximum height, and amaximum width of a UI element required for displaying the UI element ofthe UX element on the display screen of the terminal device. In someembodiments, the screen requirement information may further indicate aminimum area and a maximum area of the UI element occupied on thedisplay screen when the UI element of the UX element is displayed on thedisplay screen of the terminal device.

In embodiments of this application, to prevent the UX element from beingprovided to a user who does not have permission to interact with the UXelement, and reduce a risk of sensitive data leakage, a user permissionmay be further configured for the UX element. The user permission of theUX element is used to indicate whether one or more users have permissionto interact with the UX element. Correspondingly, user information maybe further configured for the terminal device, where the userinformation of the terminal device is used to indicate whether one ormore users have permission to access the terminal device.

With reference to FIG. 2 , the following describes, by using an example,a software system applicable to the technical solutions provided inembodiments of this application.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the software system applicable to thetechnical solutions provided in embodiments of this application. Asshown in FIG. 2 , the software system may include a data collectionmodule, a scenario characteristic database, an allocation policyprocessing module, a scheduling processing module, a preprocessingmodule, and a decision engine.

The data collection module is configured to collect device informationof the terminal device and UX information of the UX element. The deviceinformation of the terminal device includes but is not limited to one ormore of UX capability information of the terminal device, userinformation of the terminal device, UX preference information of theterminal device, real-time scenario data of the terminal device, andscreen information of the terminal device. The UX information of the UXelement includes but is not limited to one or more of screen requirementinformation of the UX element, user permission of the UX element, and UXrequirement information of the UX element.

The scheduling module is configured to schedule data exchanged betweenthe decision engine, the allocation policy processing module, thepreprocessing module, the parameter collection module, and the scenariocharacteristic database. For example, for UX capability information of aterminal device that is collected by the data collection module, thescheduling module may provide the UX capability information of theterminal device to the preprocessing module, so that the preprocessingmodule converts the UX capability information of the terminal deviceinto a feature vector used to indicate the UX capability information ofthe terminal device. Then, for the feature vector obtained by thepreprocessing module, the scheduling processing module may provide thefeature vector for the decision engine.

The scenario characteristic database is configured to store scenariocharacteristic data, so that matching is performed by the preprocessingmodule and/or the decision engine on the real-time scenario data of theterminal device with the scenario characteristic data, to obtain asuggested scenario.

The decision engine may include at least a dynamic algorithmrecommendation model. The dynamic algorithm recommendation model mayinclude a target function and one or more constraints. The decisionengine may be at least configured to search for an optimal solution ofthe target function based on one or more constraints, to obtain a valueof a decision variable used to determine an allocation policy. Thedecision engine may be further configured to determine the UX preferenceinformation of the terminal device according to the user profiling, thesuggested scenario, and the customized rule input by the user.

The allocation policy processing module is configured to obtain anallocation policy for at least two UX elements based on values ofdecision variables provided by the decision engine, where the allocationpolicy indicates the UX elements that need to be respectively processedby at least two terminal devices, and the element that needs to beprocessed by the terminal device is the UX element in the at least twoUX elements. For each of the at least two terminal devices, the UXelement that needs to be processed by the terminal device is providedfor the terminal device according to the allocation policy. Ifachievement of a service objective of a UX element needs support fromthe interaction manner of “image display”, the allocation policy mayfurther indicate a height and a width that a UI element of the UXelement has when the UI element is displayed on a display screen of theterminal device configured to process the UX element.

With reference to FIG. 3 , the following describes, by using an example,a service scenario applicable to the technical solutions provided inembodiments of this application.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the service scenario applicable to thetechnical solutions provided in embodiments of this application. Asshown in FIG. 3 , any terminal device A may establish a communicationconnection to at least one other terminal device, for example, establisha communication connection to a terminal device B, a terminal device C,a terminal device D, a terminal device E, a terminal device F, or aterminal device G. When communication modules configured for theterminal device A, the terminal device B, the terminal device C, theterminal device D, the terminal device E, the terminal device F, and theterminal device G all include a Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BLE) module, theterminal device A and the terminal device B, the terminal device C, theterminal device D, the terminal device E, the terminal device F, and theterminal device G may discover each other by using the BLE module andestablish a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer (peer-to-peer, P2P) connection.Alternatively, the terminal device A, the terminal device B, theterminal device C, the terminal device D, the terminal device E, theterminal device F, and the terminal device G may be connected to a sameaccess point (access point, AP). In other words, the terminal device A,the terminal device B, the terminal device C, the terminal device D, theterminal device E, the terminal device F, and the terminal device G areall located in a same local area network. An Internet Protocol (internetprotocol, IP)-based communication connection may be established betweenthe terminal device A and the terminal device B, the terminal device C,the terminal device D, the terminal device E, the terminal device F, andthe terminal device G.

In this embodiment of this application, a first terminal device maydetermine an allocation policy for at least two UX elements based ondevice information of at least two second terminal devices that haveestablished communication connections to the first terminal device andUX information of the at least two UX elements.

For example, the terminal device A may determine an allocation policyfor at least two UX elements based on device information of the terminaldevice B, the terminal device C, the terminal device D, the terminaldevice E, the terminal device F, and the terminal device G that haveestablished communication connections to the terminal device A, andrespective UX information of the at least two UX elements included in atask object of a target task. Then, for any UX element in the at leasttwo UX elements, the terminal device A may provide, according to theallocation policy, the UX element for a terminal device configured toprocess the UX element. In other words, for any terminal device in theterminal device B, the terminal device C, the terminal device D, theterminal device E, the terminal device F, and the terminal device G, theterminal device A may provide, according to the allocation policy, a UXelement that needs to be processed by the terminal device. In this way,the terminal device B, the terminal device C, the terminal device D, theterminal device E, the terminal device F, and the terminal device G thathave established the communication connections to the terminal device Amay perform service processing on respective UX elements provided by theterminal device A, so that the terminal device B, the terminal device C,the terminal device D, the terminal device E, the terminal device F, andthe terminal device G perform distributed processing on the UX elementsof the target task. Therefore, a user experience is improved.

It may be understood that the first terminal device may alternativelydetermine the allocation policy for the at least two UX elements basedon device information of the first terminal device, the deviceinformation of the at least two second terminal devices that haveestablished the communication connections to the first terminal device,and the UX information of the at least two UX information. For example,the terminal device A may determine the allocation policy for the atleast two UX elements based on device information of the terminal deviceA, the device information of the terminal device B, the terminal deviceC, the terminal device D, the terminal device E, the terminal device F,and the terminal device G that have established communicationconnections to the terminal device A, and the UX information of the atleast two UX elements included in the task object of the target task.

In a possible service scenario, the target task may be a new task to beexecuted. When there is a new task to be executed, the first terminaldevice may determine the allocation policy for the at least two UXelements based on the device information of the at least two secondterminal devices that have established the communication connections tothe first terminal device and the UX information of the at least two UXelements. For example, when the terminal device A has a new task to beexecuted, the terminal device A may determine the allocation policy forthe at least two UX elements based on the device information of theterminal device B, the terminal device C, the terminal device D, theterminal device E, the terminal device F, and the terminal device G, andthe UX information of the at least two UX elements included in a taskobject of the new task.

In a possible service scenario, the target task may be a task beingexecuted. In a process in which the at least two second terminal devicesperform distributed processing on the at least two UX elements includedin the task object of the target task, if another second terminal deviceestablishes a communication connection to the first terminal device, thefirst terminal device re-determines an allocation policy for the atleast two UX elements based on the device information of the at leasttwo second terminal devices that have established the communicationconnections to the first terminal device, and the UX information of theat least two UX elements.

For example, in a process in which the terminal device B, the terminaldevice C, the terminal device D, the terminal device E, the terminaldevice F, and the terminal device G perform distributed processing onthe UX elements of the target task, if a new terminal device Hestablishes a communication connection to the terminal device A, theterminal device A may determine an allocation policy for the at leasttwo UX elements based on device information of the terminal device B,the terminal device C, the terminal device D, the terminal device E, theterminal device F, the terminal device G, and the terminal device H, andthe UX information of the at least two UX elements included in the taskobject of the target task. Correspondingly, the target task may be atask being executed. In a process in which the at least two secondterminal devices perform distributed processing on the at least two UXelements included in the task object of the target task, if one of thesecond terminal devices disconnects from the first terminal device, thefirst terminal device re-determines an allocation policy for the atleast two UX elements based on device information of others in the atleast two second terminal devices that still maintain the communicationconnections to the first terminal device and the UX information of theat least two UX elements.

In a possible service scenario, the target task may be a task beingexecuted. In a process in which the at least two second terminal devicesperform distributed processing on the at least two UX elements includedin the task object of the target task, if one or more of second terminaldevices update device information, for example, UX preferenceinformation, and send updated device information to the first terminaldevice, the first terminal device may re-determine an allocation policyfor the at least two UX elements based on the updated device informationof the at least two second terminal devices that have established thecommunication connections to the first terminal device, and the UXinformation of the at least two UX elements.

For example, in a process in which the terminal device B, the terminaldevice C, the terminal device D, the terminal device E, the terminaldevice F, and the terminal device G perform distributed processing onthe UX elements of the target task, if the terminal device A receivesdevice information from one or more of the terminal device B, theterminal device C, the terminal device D, the terminal device E, theterminal device F, and the terminal device G, the terminal device A mayre-determine an allocation policy for the at least two UX elements basedon the device information of the terminal device B, the terminal deviceC, the terminal device D, the terminal device E, the terminal device F,and the terminal device G, and the UX information of the at least two UXelements included in the task object of the target task.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for distributed processingof a UX element according to an embodiment of this application.

For ease of descriptions, a terminal device that performs steps in FIG.4 is referred to as a first terminal device herein, and a terminaldevice that establishes a communication connection to the first terminaldevice is referred to as a second terminal device. The first terminaldevice may independently execute a target task. In addition, for atleast one UX element of the target task, the first terminal device mayprovide each UX element for a corresponding second terminal deviceaccording to an allocation policy determined by the first terminaldevice. Alternatively, the first terminal device may not be used fordistributed processing on the UX element of the target task. Inaddition, for the at least one UX element of the target task, the firstterminal device may provide each UX element for the corresponding secondterminal device according to the allocation policy determined by thefirst terminal device. Alternatively, the first terminal device may beused for distributed processing on the UX elements of the target task,that is, the first terminal may perform, according to the allocationpolicy determined by the first terminal, service processing on a UXelement that is in the plurality of UX elements of the target task andthat is associated with the first terminal device. In the embodimentshown in FIG. 4 , an example in which the first terminal device is usedfor distributed processing on the UX elements of the target task is usedto describe the technical solution provided in this embodiment of thisapplication.

First, in step 401, the first terminal device obtains device informationof the first terminal device.

The device information of the first terminal device includes at least UXcapability information of the first terminal device.

In a possible implementation, the device information of the firstterminal device further includes screen information of the firstterminal device, that is, includes a height and a width of a displayscreen configured for the first terminal device.

In a possible implementation, the device information of the firstterminal device further includes user information of the first terminaldevice. The user information indicates whether one or more users havepermission to access the first terminal device.

In a specific example, the user information of the first terminal devicemay include one or more user identifiers and a keyword associated withthe user identifier. If a value of a keyword associated with a useridentifier is 1, it indicates that a user indicated by the useridentifier has permission to access the first terminal device. If avalue of a keyword associated with a user identifier is 0, it indicatesthat a user indicated by the user identifier does not have permission toaccess the first terminal device.

In a specific example, the user information of the first terminal devicemay include one or more user identifiers, and all users indicated by theone or more user identifiers have permission to access the firstterminal device.

In a possible implementation, the device information of the firstterminal device further includes UX preference information of the firstterminal device.

In a specific example, the first terminal device may display a UXpreference management interface to the user through the display screenconfigured for the first terminal device; and determine the UXpreference information of the first terminal device in response to aservice operation performed by the user on the UX preference managementinterface.

For example, the first terminal device may display a UX preferencemanagement interface shown in FIG. 5A to the user. As shown in FIG. 5A,the UX preference management interface includes six categories such asE1, E2, E3, E4, E5 and E6 that are used to indicate UX categories, andpattern combinations that are in one-to-one correspondences with the UXcategories. One pattern combination includes one straight line patternand one diamond pattern. For one pattern combination, the user mayadjust, by adjusting a position of the diamond pattern on the straightline pattern, a UX preference corresponding to the pattern combination.It is assumed that the user of the first terminal device expects that aUX element in E1 is allocated to the first terminal device, and then thefirst terminal device performs service processing on the UX element inE1, and the user expects that a UX element in E6 is allocated to one ormore second terminal devices as much as possible. The user may drag, ina pattern combination on the right side of E1, a diamond pattern towardsthe right side of a straight line pattern to increase a UX preference ofthe first terminal device for the UX element in E1; and drag, in apattern combination on the right side of E6, a diamond pattern towardsthe left side of a straight line pattern to reduce a UX preference ofthe first terminal device for the UX element in E6. Herein, an exampleis used, in which the user adjusts the pattern combination on the rightside of E1 and the pattern combination on the right side of E6 on thegraphical user interface shown in FIG. 5A, so that the first terminaldevice displays a graphical user interface shown in FIG. 5B, and theuser triggers (for example, touches/presses) an area in which a word“confirm” is located on the graphical user interface shown in FIG. 5B.The first terminal device may determine the UX preference of the firstterminal device based on a service operation such as a drag operationperformed by the user on the diamond pattern and a trigger operationperformed on the area in which the word “confirm” is located. As shownin FIG. 5B, in UX preferences determined by the first terminal device, aUX preference corresponding to E1 is 2, a UX preference corresponding toE2 is 16, a UX preference corresponding to E3 is 6, a UX preferencecorresponding to E4 is 8, a UX preference corresponding to E5 is 10, anda UX preference corresponding to E6 is 19.

It may be understood that the UX preference management interfaces shownin FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are merely used for describing the technicalsolutions of this application. In an actual service scenario, the UXpreference management interface may be designed in another manner, andwords such as E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, and E6 may be replaced by realcategory identifiers.

It should be noted that if the first terminal device is not used forexecuting the target task, that is, the first terminal device is notconfigured to perform service processing on any UX element of the targettask, the first terminal device may not perform step 401; or if thefirst terminal device independently executes the target task, that is,the first terminal device is configured to perform service processing oneach UX element of the target task, the first terminal device may notperform step 401.

In step 402, the first terminal device receives device information of atleast one second terminal device from the at least one second terminaldevice.

In a possible implementation, for any second terminal device, afterestablishing a communication connection to the first terminal device,the second terminal device may first send device information of thesecond terminal device to the first terminal device.

The device information of the second terminal device includes at leastUX capability information of the second terminal device.

In a possible implementation, the device information of the secondterminal device further includes screen information of the secondterminal device when a display screen is configured for the secondterminal device.

In a possible implementation, the device information of the secondterminal device further includes UX preference information of the secondterminal device. The second terminal device may obtain the UX preferenceinformation of the second terminal device in a manner the same as orsimilar to that of the first terminal device.

In a possible implementation, the device information of the secondterminal device further includes user information of the second terminaldevice.

Step 403. The first terminal device receives a target task request.

The target task request is used to request to perform processing on atleast two UX elements. The at least two UX elements may be UX elementsincluded in a task object of the target task. The target task requestincludes UX information of the at least two UX elements. A target taskcorresponding to the target task request may be a new task to beexecuted, or may be a task being executed independently by the firstterminal device, or may be a task being executed collaboratively by thefirst terminal device and at least one second terminal device. This isnot limited herein.

In a possible implementation, the first terminal device may parse thetask object of the target task to obtain the at least two UX elements ofthe target task.

For example, if the target task is to play a “video”, the first terminaldevice may parse a source file of the “video”, to obtain a “video file”used to support the terminal device in displaying image information ofthe “video” to the user, and obtain an “audio file” used to support theterminal device in providing sound information of the “video” to theuser. The “audio file” and the “video file” are two UX elements of thetarget task.

For example, if the target task is to display a graphical userinterface, the first terminal device may divide the graphical userinterface to obtain at least one image area based on content displayedon the graphical user interface, to parse a source file corresponding tothe graphical user interface, so as to obtain at least one executablesubfile used to support the terminal device in displaying each imagearea to the user. The executable subfile is the UX element of the targettask.

The target task request includes the UX information of the at least twoUX elements. UX information of a UX element includes at least UXrequirement information of the UX element.

In a possible implementation, the UX information of the UX elementfurther includes user permission of the UX element. The user permissionindicates whether one or more users have permission to interact with theUX element.

In a specific example, the user permission of the UX element may includeone or more user identifiers and a keyword associated with the useridentifier. If a value of a keyword associated with a user identifier is1, it indicates that a user indicated by the user identifier haspermission to interact with the UX element. If a value of a keywordassociated with a user identifier is 0, it indicates that a userindicated by the user identifier does not have permission to interactwith the UX element.

In a specific example, the user permission of the UX element may includeone or more user identifiers, and all users indicated by the one or moreuser identifiers have permission to interact with the UX element.

In a possible implementation, if achievement of a service objective of aUX element needs support from an interaction manner of “image display”,UX information of the UX element may further include screen requirementinformation of the UX element. The screen requirement informationindicates a minimum height, a minimum width, a maximum height, and amaximum width that a UI element of the UX element has when the UIelement is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device.

Step 404. The first terminal device determines the allocation policybased on at least the UX capability information of the first terminaldevice, the UX capability information of at least one second terminaldevice, and UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements.

The allocation policy indicates at least an UX element that needs to beprocessed by each of the first terminal device and at least one secondterminal device, and the UX element that needs to be processed is the UXelement in the at least two UX elements.

In a possible implementation, for any UX element in the at least two UXelements, any one of the first terminal device and at least one secondterminal device may calculate, based on UX requirement information ofthe UX element and UX capability information of the terminal device, auser experience degree of the terminal device brought by the UX elementwhen service processing is performed on the UX element by using theterminal device. Then, it is determined, based on the user experiencedegree of the terminal device brought by the UX element, whether the UXelement is the UX element that needs to be processed by the terminaldevice. Then the allocation policy is obtained.

In a specific example, a dot product of a feature vector indicating UXrequirement information of a UX element and a feature vector indicatingUX capability information of a terminal device may be determined as theuser experience degree of the terminal device brought by the UX element.

In a specific example, for any terminal device in the first terminaldevice and the at least one second terminal device, if a user experiencedegree of the terminal device brought by a UX element is large (forexample, greater than a preset value), the any terminal device may bedetermined as a terminal device configured to perform service processingon the UX element, that is, the UX element is determined as a UX elementthat needs to be processed by the any terminal device. In other words,the allocation policy may indicate that the UX element is the UX elementthat needs to be processed by the any terminal device.

In a possible implementation, comprehensive analysis may be performed onthe device information of the first terminal device, the deviceinformation of the at least one second terminal device, and the UXinformation of the at least two UX elements by using a preconfigureddecision engine, and the allocation policy is generated based on ananalysis result.

The decision engine includes a dynamic recommendation algorithm model,and the dynamic recommendation algorithm model may include a targetfunction and one or more constraints. The decision engine may be furtherconfigured to search for an optimal solution of the target functionbased on the constraints, to obtain a decision variable used to generatethe recommendation policy. The decision variable indicates whether aterminal device is associated with a UX element, that is, indicateswhether a UX element is a UX element that needs to be processed by aterminal device.

In a possible implementation, the target function F may include:

$\left\{ \begin{matrix}{{F = {\max\left( {{W_{q}*Q} + {W_{c}*C}} \right)}}\ ;} \\{{Q = {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{e}{\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d}{C_{ij}*P_{ij}*S_{ij}}}}};} \\{C_{ij} = {V_{i}*U_{j^{;}}}} \\{{C = {{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{e}O_{i}} + R_{\min}}};} \\{{R = \frac{\sum_{i = 1}^{e}O_{i}}{\sum_{i = 1}^{e}P_{i}}};} \\{{O_{i} = 1},\ {{{{if}\ {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d}{a_{j}*X_{ij}}}} > 0};}} \\{{O_{i} = 0},\ {{{{if}{\ }{\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d}{a_{j}*X_{ij}}}} \leq 0};}} \\{{O_{i} \leq 1},\ {{{{and}\ O_{i}} \leq {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d}{a_{j}*X_{ij}}}};}} \\{R_{\min} \geq {0\ {and}\ R_{\min}} \leq {R.}}\end{matrix} \right.$

W_(q) and W_(c) are weight coefficients.

A feature vector V_(i) is used to indicate UX requirement information ofthe i^(th) UX element. For example, it is assumed that in a UXrequirement of the i^(th) UX element, a UX parameter corresponding to aninteraction manner “image display” is X1, a UX parameter correspondingto an interaction manner “audio playing” is X2, a UX parametercorresponding to an interaction manner “text input” is X3, a UXparameter corresponding to an interaction manner “touch control” is X4,and a UX parameter corresponding to an interaction manner “sound input”is X5. In this case, the feature vector V_(i) used to indicate the UXrequirement information of the i^(th) UX element is equal to [X1, X2,X3, X4, X5]. It may be understood that X1, X2, X3, X4, and X5 are merelyused for describing the technical solution in this embodiment of thisapplication, and may be replaced with corresponding real values in anactual service scenario.

A feature vector is used to indicate UX capability information of thej^(th) terminal device. For example, it is assumed that in a UXcapability of the j^(th) terminal device, a UX parameter correspondingto the interaction manner “image display” is Y1, a UX parametercorresponding to the interaction manner “audio playing” is Y2, a UXparameter corresponding to the interaction manner “text input” is Y3, aUX parameter corresponding to the interaction manner “touch control” isY4, and a UX parameter corresponding to the interaction manner “soundinput” is Y5. In this case, the feature vector used to indicate the UXcapability information of the j^(th) terminal device is equal to [Y1,Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5]. It may be understood that Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, and Y5 aremerely used for describing the technical solution in this embodiment ofthis application, and may be replaced with corresponding real values inan actual service scenario.

C_(ij) is a dot product of the feature vector V_(i) and the featurevector and is used to indicate a user experience degree of the j^(th)terminal device brought by the i^(th) UX element. For example, if thefeature vector V_(i)=[X1, X2, X3, X4, X5], and the feature vectorU_(j)=[Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5], C_(ij)=X1*Y1+X2*Y2+X3*Y3+X4*Y4+X5*Y5.

P_(ij) is used to indicate preference information of the j^(th) terminaldevice for the i^(th) UX element.

In the UX requirement of the i^(th) UX element, if a UX parametercorresponding to the interaction manner “image display” is not 0, S_(ij)is used to indicate an area occupied by a UI element corresponding tothe i^(th) UX element on a display screen of the j^(th) terminal deviceon which the UI element is displayed. In the UX requirement of thei^(th) UX element, if the UX parameter corresponding to the interactionmanner “image display” is 0, a value of S_(ij) is 1.

S_(ij)=W_(ij)*H_(ij). W_(ij) is a continuous variable, and indicates awidth that the UI element corresponding to the i^(th) UX element has onthe display screen of the j^(th) terminal device when the UI element isdisplayed on the display screen. H_(ij) is a continuous variable, andindicates a height that the UI element corresponding to the i^(th) UXelement has on the display screen of the j^(th) terminal device when theUI element is displayed on the display screen.

P_(i) indicates whether a user has permission to interact with thei^(th) UX element, and a value of P_(i) is 0 or 1. When the value ofP_(i) is 0, it indicates that the user does not have the permission tointeract with the i^(th) UX element; and when the value of P_(i) is 1,it indicates that the user has the permission to interact with thei^(th) UX element.

In the target function, a_(j) indicates whether the user has permissionto access the j^(th) terminal device, and a value of a_(j) is 0 or 1.When the value of a_(j) is 0, it indicates that the user does not havethe permission to access the j^(th) terminal device; or when the valueof a_(j) is 1, it indicates that the user has the permission to accessthe j^(th) device.

When a value of O_(i) is 1, it indicates that the user has thepermission to interact with the i^(th) UX element, and the user mayexchange information with the i^(th) UX element by using at least oneterminal device. In other words, in the at least one terminal deviceassociated with the i^(th) UX element, the user has permission to accessat least one of the terminal devices. When the value of O_(i) is 0, itindicates that when the user has the permission to interact with thei^(th) UX element, the user cannot exchange information with the i^(th)UX element by using at least one terminal device. In other words, in theat least one terminal device associated with the i^(th) UX element, theuser does not have permission to access any terminal device.

R is used to indicate a proportion at which the user successfullyinteracts with, by using a terminal device that the user can access, atleast one UX element when e UX elements are allocated to d terminaldevices according to a corresponding allocation policy, if the user haspermission to interact with at least one UX element.

R_(min) is used to indicate a minimum element coverage rate by one userwhen the e UX elements are allocated to the d terminal devices accordingto the corresponding allocation policy, where a value of R_(min) isgreater than 0 and less than R.

X_(ij) is a decision variable, and a value of X_(ij) is 0 or 1. When thevalue of X_(ij) is 0, it indicates that the i^(th) UX element is notassociated with the j^(th) terminal device. When the value of X_(ij) is1, it indicates that the i^(th) UX element is associated with the j^(th)terminal device. In other words, i*j decision variables X_(ij)determined by the decision engine indicate association relationshipsbetween the e UX elements and the d terminal devices, and the allocationpolicy may be obtained based on the i*j decision variables X_(ij)obtained by the decision engine.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing target function, a data itemW_(c)*C corresponds to one user. If m (m is greater than 1) users havepermission to interact with one or more UX elements of the target task,the data item W_(c)*C should be replaced with a sum of data itemsW_(c)*C respectively corresponding to the m users.

It may be understood that, in the target function F, if a value of adata item W_(q)*Q is large, the first terminal device allocates UXelements of the target task to the first terminal device and at leastone second terminal device according to a corresponding allocationpolicy. When the first terminal device and the at least one secondterminal device perform distributed processing on the UX elements of thetarget task, a better user experience is provided. If a value of a dataitem W_(c)*C corresponding to one user is larger, or a sum of data itemsW_(c)*C respectively corresponding to at least two users is larger, whenthe first terminal device allocates the UX elements of the target taskto the first terminal device and the at least one second terminal deviceaccording to the corresponding allocation policy, for any UX element,one or more users having permission to interact with the UX element aremore likely to successfully interact with the UX element by using acorresponding terminal device. In other words, a larger value of thedata item W_(c)*C corresponding to one user or a larger sum of the dataitems W_(c)*C respectively corresponding to at least two users indicatesa higher completion degree of the target task, that is, a higherprobability that each UX element of the target task achieves a serviceobjective.

In a possible implementation, the dynamic recommendation algorithm modelincludes one or more of an element region constraint, a device capacityconstraint, an element authorization constraint, a device availabilityconstraint, and zero constraint.

In a specific example, the element region constraint includes:

$\left\{ \begin{matrix}{{S_{ij} = 0},\ {{{{if}\ X_{ij}} = 0};}} \\{{S_{i}^{\min} \leq S_{ij} \leq {\min\left( {S_{i}^{\max},\ S_{j}} \right)}},\ {{{if}\ X_{ij}} = {1.}}}\end{matrix} \right.$

S_(i) ^(min) is used to indicate a minimum area occupied by the UIelement corresponding to the i^(th) UX element on a display screen ofthe j^(th) terminal device when the i^(th) UX element needs support fromthe interaction manner of “image display” to achieve a service objectiveof the i^(th) UX element, and the decision variable X_(ij)=1.

S_(i) ^(max) indicates a maximum area occupied by the UI elementcorresponding to the i^(th) UX element on the display screen of thej^(th) terminal device when the i^(th) UX element needs support from theinteraction manner of “image display” to achieve the service objectiveof the i^(th) UX element, and the decision variable X_(ij)=1.

S_(j) indicates an area of the display screen of the j^(th) terminaldevice.

In a specific example, the device capacity constraint includes:

$\left\{ \begin{matrix}{S_{ij} \leq {mX_{{ij}^{;}}}} \\{{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{e}S_{ij}} \leq {W_{j}*H_{j}}};} \\{{{W_{i}^{\min}*X_{ij}} \leq W_{j}};} \\{{H_{i}^{\min}*X_{ij}} \leq {H_{j}.}}\end{matrix} \right.$

In the constraint, m is a constant.

W_(j) indicates a width of the display screen of the j^(th) terminaldevice.

H_(j) indicates a height of the display screen of the j^(th) terminaldevice.

W_(i) ^(min) indicates a minimum width required by the UI elementcorresponding to the i^(th) UX element on the display screen of thej^(th) terminal device when the i^(th) UX element needs support from theinteraction manner of “image display” to achieve the service objectiveof the i^(th) UX element.

H_(i) ^(min) indicates a minimum height required by the UI elementcorresponding to the i^(th) UX element on the display screen of thej^(th) terminal device when the i^(th) UX element needs support from theinteraction manner of “image display” to achieve the service objectiveof the i^(th) UX element.

In a specific example, the element authorization constraint includes:

X_(ij)=0, if a_(j)>P_(i).

In a specific example, the device reachability constraint includes:

X_(ij)≤a_(j).

In a specific example, the zero constraint includes:

$\left\{ \begin{matrix}{{X_{ij} = 0},\ {{{{if}\ C_{ij}} = 0};}} \\{{X_{ij} = 0},\ {{{if}\ P_{ij}} = {0.}}}\end{matrix} \right.$

It may be understood that the dynamic recommendation algorithm model mayfurther include another constraint other than the foregoing exampleconstraints. For example, a constraint may be further included:

$\left\{ \begin{matrix}{{W_{ij} \leq W_{i}^{\max}};} \\{H_{ij} \leq {H_{i}^{\max}.}}\end{matrix} \right.$

W_(i) ^(max) indicates a maximum width required by the UI elementcorresponding to the i^(th) UX element on the display screen of theterminal device when the i^(th) UX element needs support from theinteraction manner of “image display” to achieve the service objectiveof the i^(th) UX element.

H_(i) ^(max) indicates a maximum height required by the UI elementcorresponding to the i^(th) UX element on the display screen of theterminal device when the i^(th) UX element needs support from theinteraction manner of “image display” to achieve the service objectiveof the i^(th) UX element.

It may be understood that the optimal solution of the target function Fincludes the value of the decision variable X_(ij), and the values ofcontinuous variables W_(ij) and H_(ij). Correspondingly, the value ofthe decision variable indicates an association relationship between thefirst terminal device, at least one second terminal device, and at leastone UX element. Therefore, the allocation policy may be generated basedon the value of the decision variable X_(ij).

Step 405. The first terminal device displays an allocation policyconfirmation interface.

For example, it is assumed that the task object of the target taskincludes UX elements e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, and e7, the first terminaldevice is a terminal device A, and the at least one second terminaldevice includes a terminal device B, a terminal device C, a terminaldevice D, a terminal device E, and a terminal device F. In the optimalsolution of the target function F, a value of a decision variable X12corresponding to the first UX element e1 and the second terminal deviceB is 1; a value of a decision variable X23 corresponding to the secondUX element e2 and the third terminal device C is 1; a value of adecision variable X31 corresponding to the third UX element e3 and thefirst terminal device A is 1; a value of a decision variable X45corresponding to the fourth UX element e4 and the fifth terminal deviceE is 1; a value of a decision variable X45 corresponding to the fifth UXelement e5 and the third terminal device C is 1; a value of a decisionvariable X64 corresponding to the sixth UX element e6 and the fourthterminal device D is 1; and a value of a decision variable X76corresponding to the seventh UX element e7 and the sixth terminal deviceF is 1. In addition, in the optimal solution of the target function F,values of other decision variables are all 0. In this case, the terminaldevice A may display the corresponding allocation policy to the userthrough an allocation policy confirmation interface shown in FIG. 6 .

As shown in FIG. 6 , e1 is associated with the terminal device C, andmay indicate that a UX element that needs to be processed by theterminal device C includes e1; e2 is associated with the terminal deviceB, and may indicate that a UX element that needs to be processed by theterminal device B includes e2; e3 is associated with the terminal deviceA, and may indicate that a UX element that needs to be processed by theterminal device A includes e3; e4 is associated with the terminal deviceE, and may indicate that a UX element that needs to be processed by theterminal device E includes e4; e5 is associated with the terminal deviceC, and may indicate that a UX element that needs to be processed by theterminal device C includes e5; e6 is associated with the terminal deviceD, and may indicate that a UX element that needs to be processed by theterminal device D includes e5; and e7 is associated with the terminaldevice F, and may indicate that a UX element that needs to be processedby the terminal device F includes e7.

Correspondingly, the user may perform a confirmation operation on theallocation policy on the allocation policy confirmation interfacedisplayed by the terminal device.

For example, the user may trigger (for example, touch or press) an areain which a word “confirm” is located in the allocation policyconfirmation interface shown in FIG. 6 , to complete confirmation of theallocation policy indicated by the graphical user interface. Whenreceiving a confirmation operation, the terminal device further performsthe following step 406. If the user does not trigger an area in whichthe word “confirm” in the graphical user interface is located, andtherefore the first terminal device does not receive the confirmationoperation of the user, the first terminal device may perform anotheroperation. For example, step 404 is performed again to determine anallocation policy that is not completely the same as the allocationpolicy indicated by the graphical interface, and/or to update acustomized rule input by the user.

It may be understood that the first terminal device may further providethe allocation policy for the at least one second terminal device, sothat a user of each second terminal device confirms the allocationpolicy. Correspondingly, the first terminal device may perform thefollowing step 406 only after the user of the at least one secondterminal device confirms the allocation policy.

To be specific, in step 406, the first terminal device sends, to eachsecond terminal device according to the allocation policy, the UXelement that needs to be processed by the second terminal device.

The allocation policy confirmation interface shown in FIG. 6 is stillused as an example. The terminal device A may send e1 to the terminaldevice B, send e2 and e5 to the terminal device C, send e6 to theterminal device D, send e4 to the terminal device E, and send e7 to theterminal device F.

As described above, the values of W_(ij) and H_(ij) obtained by thedecision engine indicate the height and the width of the UI element ofthe i^(th) UX element on the display screen of the H_(ij) ^(th) terminaldevice when the UI element is displayed on the display screen.Therefore, in a possible implementation, for any UX element, the firstterminal device may further send, to the second terminal device, aheight and a width that the UI element of the UX element to be processedby the second terminal device has when the UI element is displayed onthe display screen of the second terminal device.

Then, in step 407, the first terminal device and the at least one secondterminal device perform service processing on the UX elements that needto be processed respectively by the first terminal device and the atleast one second terminal device.

The allocation policy confirmation interface shown in FIG. 6 is stillused as an example. The terminal device A may perform service processingon e3 that needs to be processed by the terminal device A, the terminaldevice B may perform service processing on e1 that needs to be processedby the terminal device B, the terminal device C may perform serviceprocessing on e2 and e5 that need to be processed by the terminal deviceC, the terminal device D may perform service processing on e6 that needsto be processed by the terminal device D, the terminal device E mayperform service processing on e4 that needs to be processed by theterminal device E, and the terminal device F may perform serviceprocessing on e7 that needs to be processed by the terminal device F. Inthis way, the terminal device A, the terminal device B, the terminaldevice C, the terminal device D, the terminal device E, and the terminaldevice F can perform distributed processing on the UX elements of thetarget task, and therefore a user experience is improved.

As described above, the UX element is an executable file. Therefore,when performing service processing on the UX element that needs to beprocessed by the terminal device, the terminal device essentiallyexecutes a corresponding file, to achieve a service objective of the UXelement. For example, a UX element is an “audio file”. When serviceprocessing is performed on the “audio file” by a smart sound box, thesmart sound box may provide corresponding sound information for the userby using an audio module configured in the sound box. For example, a UXelement is a “video file”. When service processing is performed on the“video file” by a smart TV, the smart TV may display corresponding imageinformation for the user by using a display screen configured for thesmart TV.

It should be noted that, if a second terminal device receives, from thefirst terminal device, a height and a width that a UI element of a UXelement has when the UI element is displayed on the display screen ofthe second terminal device, the second terminal device may performservice processing on the UX element based on the corresponding heightand width, to limit the height and the width of the UI element/graphicaluser interface of the UX element on the display screen.

With reference to FIG. 3 , FIG. 7A, FIG. 7B-1 to FIG. 7B-3 , FIG. 7C-1to FIG. 7C-4 , and FIG. 7D-1 to FIG. 7D-4 , the following furtherdescribes, by using an example, the technical solutions applicableprovided in embodiments of this application. Herein, an example in whicha terminal device that performs the method provided in any embodiment ofthis application is the terminal device A is used.

First, the terminal device A may receive device information of theterminal devices B, C, D, E, F, and G.

It is assumed that a terminal device B is a smart TV or a smart screenthat is shared between a user 1, a user 2, a user 3, and a user 4, inother words, user permission of the terminal device B indicates that theuser 1, the user 2, the user 3, and the user 4 all have permission toaccess the terminal device B. The terminal device C is a mobile phone ofthe user 1, that is, user permission of the terminal device C indicatesthat the user 1 has permission to access the terminal device C. Theterminal device D is a mobile phone of the user 2, that is, userpermission of the terminal device D indicates that the user 2 haspermission to access the terminal device D. The terminal device E is asmart watch of the user 3, that is, user permission of the terminaldevice E indicates that the user 3 has permission to access the terminaldevice E. The terminal device F is a smart sound box shared between theuser 1, the user 2, the user 3, and the user 4, that is, user permissionof the terminal device F indicates that the user 1, the user 2, the user3, and the user 4 has permission to access the terminal device F. Theterminal device G is a mobile phone of the user 4, that is, userpermission of the terminal device G indicates that the user 4 haspermission to access the terminal device G.

Then, the terminal device A obtains at least two UX elements included inthe task object of the target task.

It is assumed that when the terminal device A independently executes thetarget task, the terminal device A displays, through a display screenconfigured for the terminal device A, a graphical user interface shownin FIG. 7A, and provides corresponding sound information for the user byusing an audio module configured for the terminal device A. In otherwords, the task object of the target task may include: an executablefile that is used to support the terminal device A in displaying thegraphical user interface shown in FIG. 7A and that is used to supportthe terminal device A in providing corresponding sound information forthe user by using an audio module configured for the terminal device A.

Refer to FIG. 7A. The graphical user interface includes an image area P1displaying “fireworks (Fireworks) video (Video)”, an image area P2displaying “user comments (Comments)”, an image area P3 displaying“playing control components”, an image area P4 displaying a “suggestedvideo (Suggestions)”, an image area P5 displaying a “voting button”, andan image area P6 displaying “description (Description)”.Correspondingly, through parsing the task object of the target task, theterminal device A may obtain a UX element used to support the terminaldevice in displaying the image area P1, a UX element used to support theterminal device in displaying the image area P2, a UX element used tosupport the terminal device in displaying the image area P3, a UXelement used to support the terminal device in displaying the image areaP4, a UX element used to support the terminal device in displaying theimage area P5, a UX element used to support the terminal device indisplaying the image area P6, and a corresponding audio file. For easeof description, subsequently, e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, and e6 are used toindicate the UX elements used to support the terminal device indisplaying the image areas P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, and P6, and e7 is used toindicate the corresponding audio file. Then, the target task request isreceived. The target task request is used to request to process e1, e2,e3, e4, e5, e6, and e7, and the target task request includes UXinformation of e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, and e7.

It is assumed that user permission of e1 indicates that the user 1, theuser 2, the user 3, and the user 4 have permission to interact with e1;user permission of e2 indicates that the user 4 has permission tointeract with e2; user permission of e3 indicates that the user 1 andthe user 2 have permission to interact with e3; user permission of e4indicates that the user 1, the user 2, and the user 3 have permission tointeract with e4; user permission of e5 indicates that the user 1 andthe user 2 have permission to interact with e5; user permission of e6indicates that the user 1 and the user 2 have permission to interactwith e6; and user permission of e7 indicates that the user 1, the user2, the user 3, and the user 4 have permission to interact with e7.

Then the terminal device A determines the allocation policy according tothe device information of the terminal devices B, C, D, E, F, and G, andthe UX information of e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, and e7.

Correspondingly, the terminal device A may send, to the terminal devicesB, C, D, E, F, and G according to the allocation policy, the respectiveUX elements that need to be processed by the terminal devices B, C, D,E, F, and G.

As described above, for e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, and e6, the terminal deviceA may further determine heights and widths required by respective UIelements of the terminal devices B, C, D, E, F, and G on display screensof the terminal devices configured to process e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, ande6.

It is assumed that the allocation policy indicates that the UX elementthat needs to be processed by the terminal device B includes e1, the UXelement that needs to be processed by the terminal device C includes e3and e4, the UX element that needs to be processed by the terminal deviceD includes e3 and e4, the UX element that needs to be processed by theterminal device E includes e4, the UX element that needs to be processedby the terminal device F includes e7, and the UX element that needs tobe processed by the terminal device G includes e2. In this case, theterminal device A may send e1 to the terminal device B, send e3 and e4to the terminal device C, send e3 and e4 to the terminal device D, sende4 to the terminal device E, send e7 to the terminal device F, and sende2 to the terminal device G.

It should be noted that, depending on a screen size of the displayscreen configured for the terminal device and/or a UX preference of theterminal device, one or more of the UX elements such as e1, e2, e3, e4,e5, and e6 may not be sent to another terminal device that establishes acommunication connection to the terminal device A. For example, eventhough the user permission of e5 and e6 indicates that the user 1 andthe user 2 have the permission to interact with e5 and e6, the user 1has the permission to access the terminal device C, and the user 2 hasthe permission to access the terminal device D, if a UX preference ofthe terminal device C indicates that terminal device D has a low UXpreference for e5, and a UX preference of the terminal device Dindicates that the terminal device D has a low UX preference for e5, forexample, a UX parameter corresponding to a UX category to which e5belongs in the UX preference of the terminal device C is excessivelysmall (for example, 0), and a UX parameter corresponding to the UXcategory to which e5 belongs in the UX preference of the terminal deviceD is excessively small (for example, 0), e5 may not be allocated by theterminal device A to the terminal device C, and e6 may not be allocatedby the terminal device A to the terminal device D.

Then the terminal devices B, C, D, E, F, and G perform serviceprocessing on the respective UX elements received by the terminaldevices B, C, D, E, F, and G from the terminal device A.

Refer to FIG. 7B-1 to FIG. 7B-3 . When performing service processing one1, the terminal device B may display the “fireworks video” to the user1, the user 2, the user 3, and the user 4. When performing serviceprocessing on e3 and e4, the terminal device C may display the “playingcontrol components” and the “voting button” to the user 1. Whenperforming service processing on e3 and e4, the terminal device D maydisplay the “playing control components” and the “voting button” to theuser 2. When performing service processing on e4, the terminal device Emay display the “voting button” to the user 3. When performing serviceprocessing on e7, the terminal device F may provide corresponding voiceinformation for the user 1, the user 2, the user 3, and the user 4. Whenperforming service processing on e2, the terminal device G may displaythe “user comments” to the user 4.

Then, if in a process in which the terminal devices B, C, D, E, F, and Gperform service processing on the respective UX elements received by theterminal devices B, C, D, E, F, and G from the terminal device A, andthe terminal device A establishes a communication connection to aterminal device H and receives device information from the terminaldevice H, the terminal device A may implement a process similar to theforegoing process.

For example, if the terminal device H is shared between the user 1 andthe user 2, that is, user permission of the terminal device H indicatesthat the user 1 and the user 2 have permission to access the terminaldevice H. As shown in FIG. 7C-1 to FIG. 7C-4 , for an allocation policyre-determined by the terminal device A, the allocation policy mayfurther indicate that the terminal device H is associated with e3, e4,e5, and e6. The terminal device H may perform service processing on e3,e4, e5, and e6, and display the “play control components”, the “votingbutton”, and the “description” to the user 1 and the user 2, so that theterminal devices B, C, D, E, F, G, and H perform distributed processingon e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, and e7.

Then if in a process in which the terminal devices B, C, D, E, F, G, andH perform distributed processing on e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, and e7, theuser 1 updates device information of a terminal device X and theterminal device H, and the terminal device A may implement a processsimilar to the foregoing process.

For example, it is assumed that a UX category to which e3 belongs is E3,a UX category to which e4 belongs is E4, and a UX category to which e5belongs is E5. If in the terminal device C, the user 1 decreases UXparameters respectively corresponding to E3 and E4, and increases a UXparameter corresponding to E5, that is, decreases preferences of theterminal device C for UX elements belonging to E3 and E4, and increasesa preference of the terminal device C for a UX element belonging to E5,the terminal device C may send updated UX preferences to the terminaldevice A. Correspondingly, if in the terminal device H, the user 1decreases a UX parameter corresponding to E5, that is, decreases apreference of the terminal device C for the UX element belonging to E5,the terminal device H may send an updated UX preference to the terminaldevice A. For an allocation policy re-determined by the terminal deviceA, the allocation policy may indicate that e5 is associated with theterminal device C, and e3, e4, and e6 are associated with the terminaldevice H. Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 7D-1 to FIG. 7D-4 , theterminal device C may not perform service processing on e3 and e4, butperform service processing on e5 received by the terminal device C fromterminal device A, to display the “suggested video” to the user. Inaddition, the terminal device H may perform service processing on e3,e4, and e5 received by terminal device H from terminal device A, anddisplay the “playing control components”, the “voting button”, and the“description” to the user, but not display the “suggested video” to theuser.

Based on the same concept as the foregoing method embodiment, anembodiment of this application further provides a communicationapparatus. The communication apparatus may be a terminal device, or maybe a module, a chip, or a system on chip deployed in a terminal device.

As shown in FIG. 8 , a communication apparatus 800 may include aprocessing unit 801 that is configured to obtain UX capabilityinformation of at least two terminal devices, where the UX capabilityinformation of the terminal device is used to indicate a UX capabilitycorresponding to each of at least one interaction manner supported bythe terminal device. The processing unit 801 is further configured toreceive a target task request, where the target task request is used torequest processing on at least two UX elements, the target task requestincludes UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements, andthe UX requirement information of the UX element is used to indicate aUX capability requirement corresponding to each of at least oneinteraction manner that supports the UX element in achieving a serviceobjective. The processing unit 801 is further configured to determine,based on the UX capability information of the at least two terminaldevices and the UX requirement information of the at least two UXelements, a UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices, where the UX element that needs to beprocessed by the terminal device is a UX element in the at least two UXelements. The communication apparatus 800 may include a transceiver unit802 configured to provide, for each of the at least two terminaldevices, the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes userpermission of the at least two UX elements, where the user permission ofthe UX element is used to indicate whether at least one user haspermission to interact with the UX element. The processing unit 801 isfurther configured to obtain user information of the at least twoterminal devices, where the user information of the terminal device isused to indicate whether at least one user has permission to access theterminal device. The processing unit 801 is specifically configured todetermine, based on the UX capability information and the userinformation of the at least two terminal devices and the UX capabilityrequirement and the user permission of the at least two UX elements, theUX element that needs to be processed by each of the at least twoterminal devices.

In a possible implementation, for any target user having the permissionto access the terminal device, the target user has permission tointeract with a UX element that needs to be processed by the terminaldevice.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit 801 is furtherconfigured to obtain UX preference information of the at least twoterminal devices, where the UX preference information of the terminaldevice is used to indicate a UX preference corresponding to each of atleast one UX category, any UX element belongs to one of the at least oneUX category, and the UX preference corresponding to the UX category isused to indicate an expectation degree of a user for using the terminaldevice to process a UX element belonging to the UX category. Theprocessing unit 801 is specifically configured to determine, based onthe UX capability information and UX preference information of the atleast two terminal devices and the UX requirement information of the atleast two UX elements, the UX element that needs to be processed by eachof the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the at least two terminal devices includea first terminal device and at least one second terminal device, the atleast one second terminal device and the first terminal device establisha communication connection, and the first terminal device includes thecommunication apparatus. The communication apparatus 800 furtherincludes: a display unit 803, configured to display a UX preferencemanagement interface, where the UX preference management interfaceincludes a category identifier of at least one UX category and at leastone pattern combination that is in a one-to-one correspondence with theidentifier of the at least one UX category. The processing unit 801 isspecifically configured to determine UX preference information of thefirst terminal device based on a service operation performed by the useron the at least one pattern combination. The transceiver unit is furtherconfigured to receive UX preference information of the at least onesecond terminal device from the at least one second terminal device.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes screenrequirement information of the at least two UX elements, where thescreen requirement information of the UX element is used to indicate amaximum height, a minimum height, a maximum width, and a minimum widththat a user interface UI element of the UX element has when the UIelement is displayed on a display screen of a terminal device. Theprocessing unit 801 is further configured to obtain screen informationof the at least two terminal devices, where the screen information ofthe terminal device is used to indicate a height and a width of adisplay screen of the terminal device. The processing unit 801 isspecifically configured to determine, based on the UX capabilityinformation and the screen information of the at least two terminaldevices and the UX requirement information and the screen requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements, the UX element that needsto be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the processing unit 801 is furtherconfigured to determine screen usage information of the at least two UXelements based on the UX capability information of the at least twoterminal devices and the UX requirement information of the at least twoUX elements, where the screen usage information of the UX element isused to indicate a height and a width that the UI element of the UXelement has when the UI element of the UX element is displayed on adisplay screen of a terminal device used to process the UX element. Thetransceiver unit is further configured to provide, for each of the atleast two terminal devices, screen usage information of the UX elementthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus furtherincludes a display unit 803, configured to display an allocation policyconfirmation interface, so that the user performs confirmation, wherethe allocation policy confirmation interface is used to indicate the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices.

It should be noted that when the communication apparatus 800 is aterminal, the transceiver unit 802 may be a transceiver, and thetransceiver may be a radio frequency circuit. When the communicationapparatus 800 includes a memory, the memory is configured to storeexecutable code/an executable instruction. The processing unit 801 andthe memory establish a communication connection. The processing unit 801executes the executable code/instruction stored in the memory, so thatthe communication apparatus 800 performs the method performed by theterminal device provided in any embodiment of this application. Theprocessing unit 801 may be a general-purpose central processing unit, amicroprocessor, or an application specific integrated circuit(application specific integrated circuit, ASIC).

It should be noted that when the communication apparatus 800 is a chipor a chip system deployed in a terminal device, the transceiver unit 802may be an input/output interface, a pin, a circuit, or the like. Whenthe communication apparatus 800 includes a memory, the memory isconfigured to store executable code/an executable instruction. Theprocessing unit 801 and the memory establish a communication connection.The processing unit 801 executes the executable code/instruction storedin the memory, so that the chip or chip system deployed in the terminaldevice performs the method performed by the terminal device provided inany embodiment of this application. The memory may be a storage unit inthe chip, for example, a register or a cache. The memory mayalternatively be a storage unit outside the chip or chip system that isin the terminal device, such as a read-only memory (read-only memory,ROM), another type of static storage device that can store staticinformation and instructions, or a random access memory (random accessmemory, RAM).

Based on a same concept as the foregoing method embodiment, anembodiment of this application further provides another communicationapparatus. The communication apparatus 900 may be a terminal device.

As shown in FIG. 9 , the communication apparatus 900 may include aprocessor 901 that is configured to obtain UX capability information ofat least two terminal devices, where the UX capability information ofthe terminal device is used to indicate a UX capability corresponding toeach of at least one interaction manner supported by the terminaldevice. The processor 901 is further configured to receive a target taskrequest, where the target task request is used to request processing onat least two UX elements, the target task request includes UXrequirement information of the at least two UX elements, and the UXrequirement information of the UX element is used to indicate a UXcapability requirement corresponding to each of at least one interactionmanner that supports the UX element in achieving a service objective.The processor 901 is further configured to determine, based on the UXcapability information of the at least two terminal devices and the UXrequirement information of the at least two UX elements, a UX elementthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices,where the UX element that needs to be processed by the terminal deviceis a UX element in the at least two UX elements. The communicationapparatus 900 may include a transceiver 902 configured to provide, foreach of the at least two terminal devices, the UX element that needs tobe processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes userpermission of the at least two UX elements, where the user permission ofthe UX element is used to indicate whether at least one user haspermission to interact with the UX element. The processor 901 is furtherconfigured to obtain user information of the at least two terminaldevices, where the user information of the terminal device is used toindicate whether at least one user has permission to access the terminaldevice. The processor 901 is specifically configured to determine, basedon the UX capability information and the user information of the atleast two terminal devices and the UX capability requirement and theuser permission of the at least two UX elements, the UX element thatneeds to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, for any target user having the permissionto access the terminal device, the target user has permission tointeract with a UX element that needs to be processed by the terminaldevice.

In a possible implementation, the processor 901 is further configured toobtain UX preference information of the at least two terminal devices,where the UX preference information of the terminal device is used toindicate a UX preference corresponding to each of at least one UXcategory, any UX element belongs to one of the at least one UX category,and the UX preference corresponding to the UX category is used toindicate an expectation degree of a user for using the terminal deviceto process a UX element belonging to the UX category. The processor 901is specifically configured to determine, based on the UX capabilityinformation and UX preference information of the at least two terminaldevices and the UX requirement information of the at least two UXelements, the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the at least two terminal devices includea first terminal device and at least one second terminal device, the atleast one second terminal device and the first terminal device establisha communication connection, and the first terminal device includes thecommunication apparatus. The communication apparatus further includes: adisplay 903, configured to display a UX preference management interface,where the UX preference management interface includes a categoryidentifier of at least one UX category and at least one patterncombination that is in a one-to-one correspondence with the identifierof the at least one UX category. The processor 901 is specificallyconfigured to determine UX preference information of the first terminaldevice based on a service operation performed by the user on the atleast one pattern combination. The transceiver is further configured toreceive UX preference information of the at least one second terminaldevice from the at least one second terminal device.

In a possible implementation, the target task request includes screenrequirement information of the at least two UX elements, where thescreen requirement information of the UX element is used to indicate amaximum height, a minimum height, a maximum width, and a minimum widththat a user interface UI element of the UX element has when the UIelement is displayed on a display screen of a terminal device. Theprocessor 901 is further configured to obtain screen information of theat least two terminal devices, where the screen information of theterminal device is used to indicate a height and a width of a displayscreen of the terminal device. The processor 901 is specificallyconfigured to determine, based on the UX capability information and thescreen information of the at least two terminal devices and the UXrequirement information and the screen requirement information of the atleast two UX elements, the UX element that needs to be processed by eachof the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the processor 901 is further configured todetermine screen usage information of the at least two UX elements basedon the UX capability information of the at least two terminal devicesand the UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements,where the screen usage information of the UX element is used to indicatea height and a width that the UI element of the UX element has when theUI element of the UX element is displayed on a display screen of aterminal device used to process the UX element. The transceiver 902 isfurther configured to provide, for each of the at least two terminaldevices, screen usage information of the UX element that needs to beprocessed by each of the at least two terminal devices.

In a possible implementation, the communication apparatus furtherincludes the display 903, configured to display an allocation policyconfirmation interface, so that the user performs confirmation, wherethe allocation policy confirmation interface is used to indicate the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices.

Correspondingly, an embodiment of this application further provides acomputer-readable storage medium, configured to store executable code/anexecutable instruction. When the executable code/instruction is executedby a processor of a terminal device, the terminal device is enabled toimplement the method for distributed processing of a UX element providedin any embodiment of this application.

An embodiment of this application further provides a computer programproduct. The computer program product includes computer program code,and when the computer program code is run on a computer, the computer isenabled to implement the method for distributed processing of a UXelement according to any embodiment of this application.

An embodiment of this application further provides a terminal deviceincluding a memory and a processor. The memory stores executable code/anexecutable instruction. When the executable code/instruction is executedby the processor, the method for distributed processing of a UX elementprovided in any embodiment of this application is implemented.

An embodiment of this application further provides a chip system. Thechip system includes a processor, configured to invoke a computerprogram from a memory and run the computer program, so that a terminaldevice installed with the chip system implements the method fordistributed processing of a UX element provided in any embodiment ofthis application. In a possible design, the chip system may include achip, or may include a chip and another discrete device.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that the units andalgorithm steps described with reference to the examples in embodimentsdisclosed in this specification may be implemented by electronichardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware.Whether the functions are performed by hardware or software depends onparticular applications and design constraints of the technicalsolutions. A person skilled in the art may use different methods toimplement the described functions for each particular application, butit should not be considered that the implementation goes beyond thescope of embodiments of this application.

It should be understood that sequence numbers of the foregoing processesdo not mean execution sequences in various embodiments of thisapplication. The execution sequences of the processes should bedetermined according to functions and internal logic of the processes,and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation processesof embodiments of this application.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, forthe purpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed workingprocess of the foregoing network device, refer to a correspondingprocess in the foregoing method embodiments. Details are not describedherein again.

It may be understood that the described apparatus embodiments areexamples. For example, the module/unit division is merely logicalfunction division, and may be another division manner during actualimplementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutualcouplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented through some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations ofembodiments of this application, but are not intended to limit theprotection scope of embodiments of this application. Any variation orreplacement readily figured out by a person skilled in the art withinthe technical scope disclosed in embodiments of this application shallfall within the protection scope of embodiments of this application.

It should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merely intendedfor describing the technical solutions of this application, but not forlimiting this application. Although this application is described indetail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, a person of ordinaryskill in the art should understand that they may still makemodifications to the technical solutions provided in the foregoingembodiments or make equivalent replacements to some technical featuresthereof, without departing from the spirit and scope of the technicalsolutions of embodiments of this application.

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 25. A method, comprising: obtaining user experience(UX) capability information of at least two terminal devices, whereinthe UX capability information of the at least two terminal devicesindicates a UX capability corresponding to each of at least oneinteraction manner supported by the at least two terminal devices;receiving a target task request, wherein the target task requestrequests processing on at least two UX elements, the target task requestcomprises UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements,and the UX requirement information of the at least two UX elementsindicates a UX capability requirement corresponding to each of at leastone interaction manner that supports the at least two UX elements inachieving a service objective; determining, based on the UX capabilityinformation of the at least two terminal devices and the UX requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements, a UX element that needs tobe processed by each of the at least two terminal devices, wherein theUX element that needs to be processed is in the at least two UXelements; and providing, for each of the at least two terminal devices,the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the at least twoterminal devices.
 26. The method according to claim 25, wherein thetarget task request comprises user permission of the at least two UXelements, wherein the user permission of the at least two UX elementsindicates whether at least one user has permission to interact with theat least two UX elements, wherein the method further comprises:obtaining user information of the at least two terminal devices, whereinthe user information of the at least two terminal devices indicateswhether the at least one user has permission to access the at least twoterminal devices, and wherein the determining the UX element that needsto be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices comprises:determining, based on the UX capability information and the userinformation of the at least two terminal devices and the UX capabilityrequirement and the user permission of the at least two UX elements, theUX element that needs to be processed by each of the at least twoterminal devices.
 27. The method according to claim 26, wherein, for atarget user having the permission to access the at least two terminaldevices, the target user has permission to interact with the UX elementthat needs to be processed by the at least two terminal devices.
 28. Themethod according to claim 25, wherein the method further comprises:obtaining UX preference information of the at least two terminaldevices, wherein the UX preference information of the at least twoterminal devices indicates a UX preference corresponding to each of atleast one UX category, the UX element belongs to one of the at least oneUX category, and the UX preference corresponding to the UX categoryindicates an expectation degree of a user for using the at least twoterminal devices to process the UX element belonging to the one of theat least one UX category, and wherein the determining the UX elementthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devicescomprises: determining, based on the UX capability information and theUX preference information of the at least two terminal devices and theUX requirement information of the at least two UX elements, the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices.
 29. The method according to claim 28, wherein the at least twoterminal devices comprise a first terminal device and at least onesecond terminal device, the at least one second terminal device and thefirst terminal device establish a communication connection, and themethod is performed by the first terminal device, and wherein theobtaining the UX preference information of the at least two terminaldevices comprises: receiving second UX preference information of the atleast one second terminal device from the at least one second terminaldevice; displaying a UX preference management interface, wherein the UXpreference management interface comprises: a category identifier of theat least one UX category and at least one pattern combination that is ina one-to-one correspondence with the category identifier of the at leastone UX category; and determining first UX preference information of thefirst terminal device based on a service operation performed by the useron the at least one pattern combination.
 30. The method according toclaim 25, wherein the target task request comprises screen requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements, wherein the screenrequirement information indicates a maximum height, a minimum height, amaximum width, and a minimum width that a user interface (UI) element ofthe UX element has when the UI element is displayed on a display screenof one of the at least two terminal devices, wherein the method furthercomprises: obtaining screen information of the at least two terminaldevices, wherein the screen information of the at least two terminaldevices indicates a height and a width of the display screen, andwherein the determining the UX element that needs to be processed byeach of the at least two terminal devices comprises: determining, basedon the UX capability information and the screen information of the atleast two terminal devices and the UX requirement information and thescreen requirement information of the at least two UX elements, the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices.
 31. The method according to claim 3o, wherein the methodfurther comprises: determining screen usage information of the at leasttwo UX elements based on the UX capability information of the at leasttwo terminal devices and the UX requirement information of the at leasttwo UX elements, wherein the screen usage information of the at leasttwo UX elements indicates a height and a width that the UI element ofthe UX element has when the UI element of the UX element is displayed onthe display screen; and providing, for each of the at least two terminaldevices, the screen usage information of the at least two UX elementsthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.32. The method according to claim 25, wherein the method furthercomprises: before the providing the UX element that needs to beprocessed by each of the at least two terminal devices: displaying anallocation policy confirmation interface, so that a user performsconfirmation, wherein the allocation policy confirmation interfaceindicates the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices.
 33. A communication apparatus, comprising: atransceiver unit; a processing unit; a non-transitory computer readablestorage medium storing programming for execution by the processing unit,the programming including instructions to cause the communicationapparatus to perform: obtaining user experience (UX) capabilityinformation of at least two terminal devices, wherein the UX capabilityinformation of the at least two terminal devices indicates a UXcapability corresponding to each of at least one interaction mannersupported by the at least two terminal devices; receiving a target taskrequest, wherein the target task request requests processing on at leasttwo UX elements, the target task request comprises UX requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements, and the UX requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements indicates a UX capabilityrequirement corresponding to each of at least one interaction mannerthat supports the at least two UX elements in achieving a serviceobjective; determining, based on the UX capability information of the atleast two terminal devices and the UX requirement information of the atleast two UX elements, a UX element that needs to be processed by eachof the at least two terminal devices, wherein the UX element that needsto be processed is in the at least two UX elements; and providing, foreach of the at least two terminal devices, the UX element that needs tobe processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.
 34. Thecommunication apparatus according to claim 33, wherein the target taskrequest comprises user permission of the at least two UX elements,wherein the user permission of the at least two UX element indicateswhether at least one user has permission to interact with the at leasttwo UX elements, wherein the instructions further cause thecommunication apparatus to perform: obtaining user information of the atleast two terminal devices, wherein the user information of the at leasttwo terminal devices indicates whether the at least one user haspermission to access the at least two terminal devices; and wherein thedetermining the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices comprises: determining, based on the UXcapability information and the user information of the at least twoterminal devices and the UX capability requirement and the userpermission of the at least two UX elements, the UX element that needs tobe processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.
 35. Thecommunication apparatus according to claim 34, wherein, for a targetuser having the permission to access the at least two terminal devices,the target user has permission to interact with the UX element thatneeds to be processed by the at least two terminal devices.
 36. Thecommunication apparatus according to claim 33, wherein the to theinstructions further cause the communication apparatus to perform:obtaining UX preference information of the at least two terminaldevices, wherein the UX preference information of the at least twoterminal devices indicates a UX preference corresponding to each of atleast one UX category, the UX element belongs to one of the at least oneUX category, and the UX preference corresponding to the UX categoryindicates an expectation degree of a user for using the at least twoterminal devices to process the UX element belonging to the one of theat least one UX category, and wherein the determining the UX elementthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devicescomprises: determining, based on the UX capability information and theUX preference information of the at least two terminal devices and theUX requirement information of the at least two UX elements, the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices.
 37. The communication apparatus according to claim 36, whereinthe at least two terminal devices comprise a first terminal device andat least one second terminal device, the at least one second terminaldevice and the first terminal device establish a communicationconnection, and the first terminal device comprises the communicationapparatus, and wherein the obtaining the UX preference information ofthe at least two terminal devices comprises: receiving second UXpreference information of the at least one second terminal device fromthe at least one second terminal device; displaying a UX preferencemanagement interface, wherein the UX preference management interfacecomprises: a category identifier of the at least one UX category and atleast one pattern combination that is in a one-to-one correspondencewith the category identifier of the at least one UX category; anddetermining first UX preference information of the first terminal devicebased on a service operation performed by the user on the at least onepattern combination.
 38. The communication apparatus according to claim33, wherein the target task request comprises screen requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements, wherein the screenrequirement information indicates a maximum height, a minimum height, amaximum width, and a minimum width that a user interface (UI) element ofthe UX element has when the UI element is displayed on a display screenof one of the at least two terminal devices, wherein the instructionsfurther cause the communication apparatus to perform: obtaining screeninformation of the at least two terminal devices, wherein the screeninformation of the at least two terminal devices indicates a height anda width of the display screen, and wherein the determining the UXelement that needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminaldevices comprises: determining, based on the UX capability informationand the screen information of the at least two terminal devices and theUX requirement information and the screen requirement information of theat least two UX elements, the UX element that needs to be processed byeach of the at least two terminal devices.
 39. The communicationapparatus according to claim 38, wherein the instructions further causethe communication apparatus to perform: determining screen usageinformation of the at least two UX elements based on the UX capabilityinformation of the at least two terminal devices and the UX requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements, wherein the screen usageinformation of the at least two UX elements indicates a height and awidth that the UI element of the UX element has when the UI element ofthe UX element is displayed on the display screen; and providing, foreach of the at least two terminal devices, the screen usage informationof the at least two UX elements that needs to be processed by each ofthe at least two terminal devices.
 40. The communication apparatusaccording to claim 33, wherein the instructions further cause thecommunication apparatus to perform: before the providing the UX elementthat needs to be processed by each of the at least two terminal devices:displaying an allocation policy confirmation interface, so that a userperforms confirmation, wherein the allocation policy confirmationinterface indicates the UX element that needs to be processed by each ofthe at least two terminal devices.
 41. A non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereonthat, when executed by an apparatus, cause a communication apparatus toperform operations, the operations comprising: obtaining user experience(UX) capability information of at least two terminal devices, whereinthe UX capability information of the at least two terminal devicesindicates a UX capability corresponding to each of at least oneinteraction manner supported by the at least two terminal devices;receiving a target task request, wherein the target task requestrequests processing on at least two UX elements, the target task requestcomprises UX requirement information of the at least two UX elements,and the UX requirement information of the at least two UX elementsindicates a UX capability requirement corresponding to each of at leastone interaction manner that supports the at least two UX elements inachieving a service objective; determining, based on the UX capabilityinformation of the at least two terminal devices and the UX requirementinformation of the at least two UX elements, a UX element that needs tobe processed by each of the at least two terminal devices, wherein theUX element that needs to be processed is in the at least two UXelements; and providing, for each of the at least two terminal devices,the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the at least twoterminal devices.
 42. The non-transitory computer-readable storagemedium according to claim 41, wherein the target task request comprisesuser permission of the at least two UX elements, wherein the userpermission of the at least two UX elements indicates whether at leastone user has permission to interact with the at least two UX elements,the operations further comprising: obtaining user information of the atleast two terminal devices, wherein the user information of the at leasttwo terminal devices indicates whether the at least one user haspermission to access the at least two terminal devices, and wherein thedetermining the UX element that needs to be processed by each of the atleast two terminal devices comprises: determining, based on the UXcapability information and the user information of the at least twoterminal devices and the UX capability requirement and the userpermission of the at least two UX elements, the UX element that needs tobe processed by each of the at least two terminal devices.
 43. Thenon-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 42,wherein, for a target user having the permission to access the at leasttwo terminal devices, the target user has permission to interact withthe UX element that needs to be processed by the at least two terminaldevices.
 44. The non-transitory computer-readable storage mediumaccording to claim 41, the operations further comprising: obtaining UXpreference information of the at least two terminal devices, wherein theUX preference information of the at least two terminal devices indicatesa UX preference corresponding to each of at least one UX category, theUX element belongs to one of the at least one UX category, and the UXpreference corresponding to the UX category indicates an expectationdegree of a user for using the at least two terminal devices to processthe UX element belonging to the one of the at least one UX category, andwherein the determining the UX element that needs to be processed byeach of the at least two terminal devices comprises: 2vdetermining,based on the UX capability information and the UX preference informationof the at least two terminal devices and the UX requirement informationof the at least two UX elements, the UX element that needs to beprocessed by each of the at least two terminal devices.